Life in a glass house

For a very long time now, I've found myself having to constantly defend my ideology (Marxism-Leninism) against criticism. Of course, the people who are criticizing my ideology subscribe to Bourgeois ideologies, all of which have more than a few skeletons in their own closets. Does that seem right?

How can a member of the Liberal party of Canada criticize my party,The Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist), for anything? The Liberal party has robbed the people of Canada over the course of many administrations, is responsible for the continued subjugation of the Aboriginal peoples of what is now Canada, as well as the continued stranglehold of un-wanted Canadian federalism on Quebec, and French minorities in the other provinces, getting us into the war in Afghanistan in the first place, and yet they feel that they can throw stones?

The Social Democratic NDP is no better in this respect ( Bingogate*, anyone?), and the disgustingly Bourgeois Bloc Quebecois not only supports the most superficial brand of
Quebec sovereignty, but also the ratification of NORAD, bringing Canada and Quebec deeper into the grasp of American global imperialism. Sadly, both of these sides claim to be progressive.

But the one party/political ideal that always takes the moral high ground, for reasons that continue to elude me, are the Conservatives.

Now when, I speak of the conservatives, understand my full meaning. Usually I am referring to the Conservative party of Canada, but I also sometimes include the other flavours of Canadian conservatism as well, such as the Progressive Canadian party, the fledgling Alberta Alliance,the remenants of the Social Credit party, reactionary rags like the Western Standard, and various other think-tanks and political organizations.

Even when referring to the Conservative party of Canada, I include all of the various incarnations of the Conservative party, past to present, from their early reactionary stance of towing the line of British Imperialism, to their various mergers with the Progressives and then Canadian alliance/reform party, to the current party of Stephen Harper.

As I have stated many times before, I can not understand the allure of conservatism, and I most likely never will. Conservatism is a system that makes no promises to the working class majority. The most reactionary elements of the working class tow the line of the bourgeoisie , and yet do not seem to benefit from it in any way, and probably never will.

My Conservative friend tells me that the Conservative party of Canada has done so many good things for Canada. I ask her to give me an example, and she says that they have lowered taxes, to which I say "Where do you think Social programs come from?" as is one of the slogans of the Marxist-Leninist party, "Stop paying the rich, increase funding for social programs." She replied "Oh yeah, I forgot; you're a Socialist.", and the disgust was apparent in her voice. The conversation ended as though she had somehow made a remarkable insight or snappy argument, when in actuality she had not answered my question, nor provided me with insight into her point of view. Truly an interesting demonstration of Conservative ideological hegemony.

What does conservatism offer to any person who is not a member of the capitalist class?
Conservatism only offers financial breaks for the obscenely wealthy, dissolution of any existing social programs, a hostile foreign policy and an equally hostile domestic policy. Even worse, the crisis of modern conservatism is so desperate that conservatism has had to merge with the most reactionary wings of Christianity to try to appeal to the people, which is a necessity, given their elitist economic policies, and pseudo-facist agenda. The modern conservative movement has had to adopt the puritanical ideals of a religion that shares absolutely nothing in common with conservatism, all in the name of continuing to propagate a failed economic system. Homophobic tendencies, opposition to evolutionary theory and abortion, as well as the promotion of a puritanical moral code illustrate the recent priorities of the modern conservative movement in many nations, as well as the complete bankruptcy of it's ideology. Truly, upholding the agenda of religious zealotry is a new low for a constantly mutating, bourgeois political ideology.

The Conservative party of Canada is a party that has opposed homosexual marriage, continued to involve Canada in the quagmires of Afghanistan and Haiti, tried to destroy what remains of nationalized health care in Alberta(and is still trying), bowed to all pressures of the United States of America, drastically slashed social programs, drastically slashed environmental protection legislation and passed the devious Bill C2, which allows the state to interfere in the internal workings of political parties under the guise of "federal accountability". All of this in addition to the standard misappropriation of funds, backroom dealing, etc. Not bad for a party that came into office most recently on less than 40% of the vote. Ugh.

People hassle me about alleged crimes committed in a country across an ocean, decades ago, by parties with similar political ideals to my own, and yet they ignore the actual crimes committed against the peoples of Canada and Quebec by the Canadian capitalist parties.

Still, I guess I can't complain. The conservative party continues to pursue un-popular policies
and staunchly uphold reactionary zealotry and American imperialism, desperately clinging to their paltry base of supporters. Conservatism is in crisis, and from here it will either give way to Liberal reformism, or full blown fascism.

I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

*Bingogate was a scandal that occurred during the administration of former Premier of British Columbia Michael Harcourt, involving the skimming of charity funds for use by the ruling NDP.