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If you don’t know Gustave Flaubert, you should – especially if you’re a liberal, progressive, socialist/fascist (it’s the same thing), anarchist, communist  or other form of political opportunist. 

AI has something to offer on Monsieur Flaubert:

 “Gustave Flaubert (UK: /ˈfloʊbɛər/ FLOH-bair, US: /floˈbɛər/ floh-BAIR;[1][2] French: [ɡystav flobɛʁ]; 12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, “in Flaubert, realism strives for formal perfection, so the presentation of reality tends to be neutral, emphasizing the values and importance of style as an objective method of presenting reality.” [3] He is known especially for his debut novel ‘Madame Bovary’ (1857).”

 Note the repeated mention of his dedication to realism and reality and thus truth. 

 In other words, his life’s work was in direct opposition to the left’s life work.

What is their life’s work? That’s easy — charm as a path to power. 

Contrastingly, the four pillars of conservatism — reality, reason, responsibility and right — merely tinkle into their priorities. 

Yes, I said “tinkle” – as in negligeable discharge. 

This explains why it’s so hard to understand the left’s base of reasoning – they don’t have a base of reasoning.  They run off a charismatic model of governance that presumes inevitable arrival at populist wonderment. 

Their mission relentlessly disappoints and thus their insistent anger. Fortunately, their disappointment and the dysfunctions associated with rage as a change agent represents social, economic, and personal preservation for the rest of us. 

So that conservatives — and those reconsidering their left-leaning affinities — might better resist their collective downgrade of our culture, here’s a little light on the left’s charming curriculum:

Charm versus reason — The current A-listers for the left are AOC, Greg Newsome, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Hakeem Jefferies, Kamala Harris, Chuck Shumer and llhan Omar. Listen to any of them – any of them – and you will find that emotional appeal and feigned compassion relentlessly trump logic and reason. Ask any of them about our borders, taxes, foreign threats, crime, public education’s decline, and brace for an immediate lesson on how to charmingly say nothing useful about everything.

Charm versus competency — Though Biden and Obama did nothing of notable achievement, they were both excellent at pretending to be nice, concerned guys. Competency was lost in that aura. Obama inflamed and sent us backwards on race relations; indulged European partnership pretense; overlooked China’s undeclared war on the US; and bowed to Islam. Biden, well, he charmed us into ignoring a condition that should have commanded attention from adult protective services. In his cognitive absence, we still don’t really know who ran America via an anything-but-charming autopen.

Charm versus wisdom — Vietnam cemented the Democrat Party’s progressive loss of soul. From a participant’s perspective, there was merit in our efforts there. We lost through our method. Track that to the vanity of Democrat leadership – Kennedy and Johnson – and McNamara’s charming “Whizz Kids” who thought body counts, bombs and technology could defeat passion, patriotism (North Vietnam’s leadership) and corruption (South Vietnam’s leadership). Fifty-seven-thousand of America’s young men died in that Democrat-inspired charm school. 

Charm versus voting — Dems are relentless in resisting voter ID. Though you need ID to drive, buy a six-pack, obtain food stamps or get in the door to vote against voter ID in the House and Senate, in their mind, electing our leadership merits exemption. The pretense — voters are too dumb to get ID and must be protected. The reality — with electoral sincerity, the Left’s power base is at risk.

Charm versus unity — Watch the Left. They constantly feed our division along racial, gender, economic, and political lines. Behind all the enchanted utterings of compassion, beat hearts of fabrication.

Charm versus Trump — Our current president is anything but charming, but take note of his record of achievement. A small list includes secure borders, national security, economic offense, public safety and the courage to challenge wrongs in trade, NATO, climate subterfuge, the Ukrainian war, and other realities where others fear to tread. Note that the left relentlessly downplays those successes while celebrating anything close to a miss. 

Charm versus narcissism — It’s fun to watch the left pound on Trump for his narcissism. They are correct in their assessment, distracted in their mission. About everyone you can name in a national leadership position exhibits tendencies toward narcissistic social pathology. There is a reason we elect such people – they tell us what we want to hear and promise what we want to receive. It takes a narcissistic sociopath to do that well and consistently. We are thus getting what we’re earning. Watch any Democrat running for office and the strategy will be the same — promise the moon, pander to your audience, and studiously avoid the suggestion that voters need to be accountable for anything. 

No one charms you for your benefit — neither time-share salesman, drug pushers, nor politicians. 

Today’s left-leaning movement prioritizes charm over competency and have a demonstrated willingness to run over everything and everyone to assert their agenda.