The ideological Leftist is always an egotist. The self-esteem resulting from perceiving oneself as pure, good and right is the very air they breathe. Leftists have an absolute imperative to think the very best of themselves. This means that any negative impulse from below the threshold of consciousness must be repressed and denied access to conscious awareness, lest it disturbs the image of purity so strongly valued by the ego-self.

One of the unconscious methods by which the mind deals with such repression is called projection, whereby the disturbing “evil” impulse or feeling is accepted into awareness only on the condition that it is projected (like a film onto a screen) onto some external source. The object upon which the negative feelings are projected is then denounced as the true source of evil, which keeps the ego self-image pure and untainted.

The best objects for such projections are those closest to, but not identical with, the self – in the Leftists’ case one’s own culture becomes the best screen for projections. Thus we have the Western Leftist program for the destructive “critique” of their own history and philosophy.

So in the universities we see curricula based on denunciations of our evil past, such as charges of genocide in the colonies, and the amplification of “evidence” for destructive racism and sexism. The Leftist’s culture now conveniently takes all the blame and their ego (below which the denied troubling impulses still murmur) is protected, immune from all taint.

The Leftist is developmentally stunted, fixated in a psychology of defensive projection for the sake of self-esteem. Only a growth in consciousness can change this situation. The ego, however, resists this growth at every turn. But perhaps a painful encounter with reality might effect this necessary growth.