The Fantasy World of Liberal Politics – Opinion
The Bubble of Liberal Virtue
Liberals love to sell themselves as the enlightened saviours of society. Justice, fairness, equality — the slogans sound noble, the hashtags feel righteous. But scratch the surface and you find a politics of theatre: endless branding, contradictions on every corner, and progress that lives more in virtue-signalling than in reality.
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Government as Magic Wand
For liberals, government is a kind of magic wand. Poverty? More subsidies. Crime? More programs. Inequality? More taxes. The promise is always the same: just a few trillion more, and utopia is around the corner.
Yet inequality has soared, bureaucracy has bloated, and elites are richer than ever. Ordinary workers still struggle with rent, wages, and bills. But the answer is always: trust us, this time it’ll work.
Biology as Optional
Liberals insist they are the “party of science” — until science collides with ideology. Then biology becomes a “social construct.”
Men in women’s sports? Perfectly fair. Kids on puberty blockers? Brave progress. Pronouns enforced in schools and offices? Non-negotiable.
Reality itself becomes negotiable. Feelings are mandatory; facts are optional. It’s less science, more theatre.
Racism as Default
The Western world, liberals tell us, is systemically racist, oppressive, and teetering on moral collapse. Yet millions of people are desperate to get in.
It’s the paradox of liberal politics: this is a racist hellhole… please immigrate here immediately. The narrative keeps moral panic alive, even when it collides with common sense.
Climate Doomsday Forever
Every decade brings a new apocalypse. In the 1990s: vanishing ice caps. In the 2000s: famine and collapse. In the 2010s: cities under water by 2020.
None of it arrives on time, yet the story never changes. Ordinary citizens are told to ditch cars, meat, and heating — while climate prophets live in beachfront mansions and fly private jets to conferences.
The apocalypse is always ten years away. And always an excuse for more regulation, more taxes, more control.
Culture Wars as Theatre
Cancel statues. Police jokes. Fight over pronouns. Defund the police — until liberals need them in their own neighbourhoods.
These symbolic fights are perfect for the liberal class. They distract from the harder questions: wages, housing, taxes, monopolies. The culture wars are theatre: endless, emotional, and conveniently cheap. Real reform costs money; hashtags are free.
Progress Without Progress
Liberal politics is a fantasy world. It thrives on slogans, endless contradictions, and a strange ability to promise everything while delivering very little.
The danger isn’t just hypocrisy. It’s that this circus of distractions shields the same elites who profit from inequality. Identity replaces class, branding replaces reform, and performance replaces reality.
Liberals promised progress. What we got was progress without progress — slogans without substance, and theatre instead of change.
FAQ: The Fantasy World of Liberal Politics
What’s the main critique of liberal politics?
That it relies on slogans and symbolic battles while avoiding deeper reforms on wealth, wages, and power.
Why is biology “optional” in liberal politics?
Because gender theory redefined biology as a “social construct,” turning science into a political tool.
Why call it a “fantasy world”?
Because the promises rarely match reality. Identity politics, climate panic, and culture wars distract from economic inequality.
Who benefits from this politics?
Elites, corporations, and politicians who gain moral cover while protecting their interests.
What’s the danger?
A society trapped in theatre — divided, distracted, and unable to deal with real inequality.
Internal link sentences:
- “Much of this theatre is fuelled by identity politics — carving society into tribes while inequality keeps rising. See our explainer: Identity Politics Explained – Division Disguised as Justice.”
- “That’s the essence of culture wars: endless outrage over symbols while nothing material changes. Read more in Culture Wars Explained – Divide, Distract, Conquer.”
- “And notice what goes missing in all this noise? Class. The real fight over wages and wealth gets buried. For more, see Class Struggle – The Forgotten Fight Over Wealth and Inequality.”
