Leftism is not a political view; it is a mental disease that translates into people’s individual lives as weakness.
It presents itself as an ideology, but in reality, it is a pathology. A healthy political doctrine aims at building strength, order, and continuity. Leftism, by contrast, undermines authority, erodes responsibility, and glorifies fragility. It is not a set of ideas to be debated on equal footing with others, but a mechanism of decay that eats away at the foundations of personal character and social life.
In the life of the individual, it expresses itself through cowardice disguised as tolerance, dependency disguised as compassion, and resignation disguised as humility. Leftism tells people that strength is oppressive, that hierarchy is unjust, that sacrifice is unnecessary. The result is a generation of men and women unable to endure hardship, to build families, or to defend their nation. It breeds individuals who fear struggle and retreat into comfort, rationalizing weakness as virtue.
In society, this disease spreads by discrediting what has always been necessary for survival: faith, authority, discipline, and identity. Nations that embrace leftism hollow themselves out. They replace soldiers with social workers, leaders with managers, and citizens with consumers. Once this process advances far enough, there is nothing left to conserve, nothing left to defend.
This is why leftism is not just one option among many on the political spectrum. It is a corrosive force that disables nations and robs people of the will to live with dignity. Where it prevails, it does not produce renewal or strength, but only ruins. A civilization infected by it cannot last.