Swooning with rapture
The Situationists, way back in 1967, accurately diagnosed some of the failings of the left, in this article on the Six Day War:
The absence of a revolutionary movement in Europe has reduced the Left to its simplest expression: a mass of spectators who swoon with rapture each time the exploited in the colonies take up arms against their masters, and who cannot help seeing these uprisings as the epitome of Revolution... wherever there is a conflict it always sees Good fighting Evil, "total revolution" versus "total reaction."Previous posts on Palestine: A World Without Israel, One state or two
The attachment of this spectator consciousness to alien causes remains irrational, and its virtuous protests flounder in the tortuous paths of its guilt.
