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As conservatives seek to counter the hard-left turn taken by the Democratic Party, it will not be enough to simply point out the grim failures of Marxist-inspired philosophies everywhere they have been tried.
If the soul-crushing and deadly record of Soviet and Chinese communism, of Castro’s regime in Cuba, and Chavismo in Venezuela, haven’t convinced true believers that ideology belongs in the ash heap of history by now, it probably won’t happen anytime soon.
Instead of focusing on the left’s miserable track record, conservatives should ask why this failed ideology remains appealing to so many.
A chief reason is how the left responded to the decline of religion – which Karl Marx called the “opiate of the people” – by concocting its own witches’ brew to transfix the masses. In a godless world, communist theorists posited that human life still has a higher purpose – that there’s an arc to history that provides meaning. The idea that we are part of something bigger than ourselves provides an attractive anchor for our lives.
While many conservatives remain grounded in faith, the religious argument can only go so far in our increasingly secular nation. What’s missing is a worldview that offers purpose and meaning that does not require either God or rejection of religion.
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For 30 years, a professor at Duke University named Adrian Bejan has developed a school of thought that bridges the gap between science and humanity’s deepest yearnings. Through hundreds of peer-reviewed papers and dozens of books, which have earned him many of science’s biggest prizes and honors, Bejan has shown that there is a direction and purpose to life, one grounded in physics rather than philosophy or faith. He has........