| | Great column, Professor Machan. This theme of collectivism spells out Karl Marx’s claim... that humanity is an organic whole (or body)... Some people use metaphors as emotional placeholders not just in place real reasoning, but to keep themselves in the dark to some aspects of their emotional sources. It is as if their subconscious has the job of projecting emotions of fear or anger out as metaphors rather than let the person become aware of the underlying values and beliefs.
I notice that the collectivists always see themselves as the brain and the rest of us other parts (which they don't acknowledge). To the extent that this metaphor has a hold on them, one can see how panicked they'd feel if their 'other body parts' wouldn't do what they told them, and even acted as if they were independent. How terrible for them, and how unfair after they have been so polite and exercised such noblesse oblige by not rubbing it in that they are the head and we are but feet or liver cells or something. No wonder they harbor such anger.[Note: for those who didn't get it, any sympathetic sounding statements were intended sarcastically.]
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p.s., It isn't an accident that Progressives end up relying so heavily on cliches, generalities, rampant emotionalism, lies and metaphors - they must hide their concrete agenda from others and their deeper motives from themselves.
Are their lips moving? Then beware... the sounds you hear may be a social metaphysician singing the witch doctor song, "I have magical knowledge that you don't. We are all in this together, like a village, like the cells of body. Listen to my song and we will all be safe... Gimme, gimme more control - I'm frightened and angry and I need more."
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