Revisiting Scalia
Toward a synthesis of ideologies of the Left and Right
I concluded my last commentary with the observation that a creative ideological reformulation of leftist ideology is necessary in the USA, given the limited capacity of the Left to marshal support among the people. In various commentaries in this column, I have been endeavoring to suggest lines of thinking toward such a reformulation.
In commentaries on race in the USA, I have been suggesting that a new leftist ideology ought to distance itself from Critical Race Theory and from the accusation that white society at the present time is characterized by systemic racism. I have maintained that this formulation is empirically inaccurate and is politically divisive, and for this reason, it has been supported and disseminated by the corporate elite and the political establishment.
I also have maintained in various commentaries on Cuba, China, and DPRK, that the Left in the United States ought to study and approp…