The Left Needs A New Left

During the cold war, the Soviets supported brutal dictatorships as long as they called themselves communists. The Americans supported brutal dictatorships as long as they identified themselves as anti communist. Even though the dictators would speak the jargon their sponsors wanted to hear, there was no difference between them. Dictators on the left and dictators on the right proved to be greedy, ruthless leaders that robbed their countries blind.

Not much has changed in the decades since the end of the cold war. The left supports brutal regimes as long as they are against American interests. The right supports brutal regimes as long as they align themselves with American interests. There is a middle ground that increasingly is disappearing - to not support dictatorships of any sort, including religious theocracies.

The left needs a new left instead of what it has now - apologists for some of the most greedy, ruthless, bloodthirsty tyrants.