I've seen posts from time to time which express a desire for more philosophical content in the Gulch and not just news clips on the antics of the Ruling Class.

I just had a realization I would like to share.
Rand also might have stated this explicitly, but it's been a while since I've read her essays, so...

I believe what we are seeing from the Left today is their solution to Nietzsche observation that "God is Dead."

Many people quote this and do so out of context. Nietzsche didn't just say that "God is dead", but that *we* killed him. Despite those who might quote him out of context, he did not necessarily look at this as a "good thing", but instead as the crux of an impending deep societal problem. He was, in a poetic fashion, trying to point out: since a major portion of society has moved beyond looking to religion as relevant to their daily lives, they have also unknowingly removed the cornerstone of their society's accepted morals and values. What then?

He was right to question this: as each society modernizes they face this similar crisis.

I believe what we are seeing in the US and the world today (and also in the recent past) is the Left attempting to fill Nietzsche's predicted absence of moral cornerstone with the "ethics" of Marx.
It is why they rail against religion.
It is also why they demonize, marginalize, and purge non-Marxists with religious terms and tactics; e.g. guilt, sin, shame, and evil.
It is also why so much of Neo-Marxism relies on faith, e.g. "Forward!"

It is also why the Left tries to smear Objectivism as a cult.
The Left realizes on some level, that Objectivism also seeks to provide a moral cornerstone, one which is the opposite of Marxism.

So, if these are the stakes, we must make sure that we don't make the Left's mistake and appeal to urges of religion.
Reason must not become faith.

Your comments are welcome.