If what I am about to tell you is true, almost everything we most treasure, freedom, beauty,

reason, the family, economic well-being, and even goodness is in jeopardy. Who or what poses this

threat? The answer is the most powerful ideology of the last hundred years, leftism. Not liberalism,

leftism, or if you prefer, progressiveism, leftism destroys everything it touches. Here are just

a few examples. One, the universities, perhaps the most obvious example, one that many liberals

acknowledge, is the left's near destruction of most universities as places of learning. In the

words of Harvard professor Stephen Pinker, an atheist and a liberal, because of the left,

quote, universities are becoming laughing stocks of intolerance. Unquote. And almost every university,

and now high schools and even elementary schools, students are taught to shut down, not debate,

those who differ with them, and to rely on feelings rather than reason. Two, the arts.

Throughout history, the primary purpose of art was to elevate people. Through beauty,

artistic excellence, and emotional depth. To the left, the primary purpose of art, sculpture,

and music is to shock. That's why so much contemporary art is meaningless, and involves the

scatological, meaning urine and feces. Yes, urine and feces to give one of countless examples. In

2016, the Guggenheim Museum in New York featured a pure gold-working toilet, which visitors were

invited to use. The name of the exhibit was America, so one could literally relieve oneself

on America. Three, literature. The English department at the University of Pennsylvania

replaced the portrait of the greatest English language writer who ever lived William Shakespeare,

with a picture of a black lesbian poet. Why? Because he was a white European male. Leftist professors

have replaced the pursuit of excellence with the pursuit of diversity. Four, late-night television.

In America, late-night television shows were completely apolitical. The hosts believed their role

was to entertain viewers and offer them relief and laughter after a difficult day. No longer,

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