How The Left Was Won: An In-Depth Analysis of the Tools and Methodologies Used by Liberals to Undermine Society and Disrupt the Social Order [Paperback]

Richard Mgrdechian (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2006

Combining a series of unique insights with an entirely new set of analytical techniques, How the Left Was Won systematically dismantles each and every element of modern-day liberalism ranging from the justifications behind any and all of its flawed social and political policies to the most basic assumptions regarding the ideology itself. In order to achieve this goal, the author first introduces a new framework which segments and isolates all liberal behaviors and beliefs into the most objective and discrete elements possible. He then goes on to provide numerous examples of how liberals relentlessly employ this simple set of tools and methodologies over and over again and then discusses the resulting effects they have on our society. Some of these strategies include: Promote and Exploit Divisiveness: Learn why liberals should thank God every day for differences between people and how without them, liberalism would be dead in the water. Bad Competition: Learn why practically all liberal policies create success only through the impairment of others and exactly where this dynamic must necessarily lead. Relevancy and Proportion: See why the vast majority of what liberals say has absolutely no meaning whatsoever and learn a simple way to prove it every time. Groupdividual: Find out how liberalism has distorted the differences between groups and individuals and why this continued distortion is the basis for all flawed social policies within the United States. Implicit Assumptions: Explore the assumptions liberals use to shape public policy and see why the arguments supporting them are ultimately nothing more than a house of cards. The Perpetual Motion Machine: Learn how the vast majority of liberal programs are based on the scientific impossibility of getting something for nothing. A Swarm of Ants: Find out the real reason liberalism continues to permeate more and more elements of our society and why there just may be no way of stopping it.

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Coventry Circle (August 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0978642384
• ISBN-13: 978-0978642389
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #736,780 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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43 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exposing Liberal Methodologies, August 20, 2006

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Joe Mariani "CavalierX" (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How The Left Was Won: An In-Depth Analysis of the Tools and Methodologies Used by Liberals to Undermine Society and Disrupt the Social Order (Paperback)

Early in the book, the author states, "Liberalism is the single most destructive force in our society, and I can prove it." And prove it he does. Mgrdechian exposes the means by which the Left undermines America's deepest foundations with all the skill of a surgeon in an operating theater, examining human anatomy for the benefit of eager students. From the way Liberals use divisiveness to gain power, to the way they cozy up to hostile governments that are the antithesis of everything in which they pretend to believe, How the Left Was Won unmasks Liberalism for all to see. It's exacly what Conservatives have been trying to say for years, distilled, refined and indexed.

In Chapter 2, for instance, Mgrdechian discusses Good (or, as I refer to it, constructive) Competition versus Bad (destructive) Competition. Some seek to compete by becoming better than the rest: refining their ideas, selling better products, training to run faster, etc. Liberals, as he points out, only compete by tearing their opponents down without improving their own message or product at all. We can see the latter strategy in operation every single day, as Democratic politicians, Hollywood half-wits and members of the mainstream media spend all their time trying to undermine Conservatism instead of beating it fairly. Perhaps that's because they know it isn't possible. Maybe it's because they're just plain lazy.

I have to admit that Chapter 13 is perhaps my favorite chapter. Mgrdechian likens Liberals to the titular swarm of ants, each with only a tiny impact, but willing to swarm all over the opposition until we give way, if only to still the endless chanting. The image of those who dare excel being crushed under millions of little ant feet is evocative. "The ants have swarmed all over you," he writes, "until there was nothing left. Until a man didn't have any fight left in him. Until a company was on the verge of bankruptcy. Until the military was gutted, the police emasculated, the borders broken and the country overrun by terrorists and [..]." Right there is the essence of the Liberal "game plan," in my opinion: the attack on all our traditional values until we're paralysed by self-doubt and second-guessing, incapable of making any judgments, about anything.

If How the Left Was Won has any flaw, it's that the author exposes Liberal methodologies without discussing ways to counter them. Then again, we're Americans, and need no such hand-holding. By helping us identify the tactics used by Liberals, this book gives us tools we can use to craft arguments with which to defeat them. All we need is an informed, free competition of ideas, of values, of ways to look at the world. And that's precisely what the Left cannot allow.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Instant Classic, October 2, 2006

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Semper Fi (Jacksonville, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How The Left Was Won: An In-Depth Analysis of the Tools and Methodologies Used by Liberals to Undermine Society and Disrupt the Social Order (Paperback)

Most political books I've read have a tendency to focus on single issues or high-profile current-events like illegal immigration, terrorism, the war in Iraq, etc. Because of this, as good as they may be their long term value is limited as the issue eventually runs its course in the media and fades into history.

Fortunately for us however, every now and again a book comes along that does have a kind of lasting value and, without a doubt, this one falls into that coveted category. Although it certainly does address nearly all of the key issues of our time in one way or another, it does so in a much broader and (as far as I can tell) completely unique way: through pattern recognition.

Simply put, this book clearly, forcefully and convincingly exposes the patterns, assumptions, techniques and strategies the Left uses to justify their policies while at the same time providing strong, concise arguments as to why those policies are so intellectually and morally bankrupt, so divisive, so counterproductive or just plain old ridiculous.

The most valuable lessons from this book however, are that by exposing what these patterns really are (the fifteen very readable chapters include topics such as Asymmetry, Bad Competition, Implicit Assumptions, Statistical Manipulation, Promoting Divisiveness and so on), the author helps the reader develop an almost uncanny ability to recognize all the flaws in just about any liberal argument on practically any subject whatsoever. Furthermore, the book's insights into these patterns prove invaluable with regard to developing a more thorough understanding of the true nature of liberalism, the true nature of politics and the true nature of human behavior. This book is too important not to read.

31 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How "the Left" operates, August 31, 2006

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bookloversfriend (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How The Left Was Won: An In-Depth Analysis of the Tools and Methodologies Used by Liberals to Undermine Society and Disrupt the Social Order (Paperback)

This is an important book. It's useful to be able to recognize the verbal tricks used by the people commonly labeled "the Left" or "the Liberals" and to know why those tricks are intellectually bankrupt and at the same time so persuasive.

For example, "Promote and Exploit Divisiveness". This is the anti-white campaign, blaming all problems on white people, explaining away any disagreement with them as a white perspective. Accusing anyone who disagrees with them of racism. Justifying any outcome as a result of past racism, etc.

"Relevancy and Proportion". For instance, responding to arguments with an attack on the person giving the argument, or pointing out that the person's research was paid for by an organization that can be labeled "conservative." Labeling anything or anyone conservative is a sufficient argument for most "Leftists" to reject whatever comes next without even hearing it, let alone thinking about it.

"The Perpetual Motion Machine". For instance, promoting and favoring programs that help disadvantaged people. Who could be against that? They never say how these programs will be paid for or who will pay for them. This is getting something for nothing, an impossibility. Favoring peace anywhere, anytime, under any circumstances, thus ignoring that the other side is actively engaged in war, and that wars don't just stop because some people join hands and sing or light a candle or whatever.

Etc.

One quibble I have with the book, though, is that the title is misleading. This is not a book about HOW liberalism was taken over, still less about WHO took it over and WHY. And it's important to know the answers to these questions in addition to knowing how it operates. For answers to these questions, this book should be supplemented by reading While America Sleeps: How Islam, Immigration and Indoctrination Are Destroying America From Within.