(PJ Media) The ideological excesses of the American Left are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.
Political commentator Hasan Piker recently appeared in a Mao jacket — a conspicuous tribute to the Chinese dictator whose regime was responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people — before addressing college students. Around the same time, Melat Kiros, a Democratic Socialists of America candidate in Colorado, declared that America would stop "exploiting the world" only after the country elects enough immigrants from the Global South.
That is more than a campaign slogan. It reflects an ideology that seeks to replace America's founding principles with an entirely different worldview.
The philosophy has a name: third-worldism. At its core is the belief that Western civilization is uniquely oppressive and that America can only redeem itself by surrendering cultural and political authority to those viewed as its historical victims. Variations of this worldview have gained traction on college campuses, within the DSA and among activist movements across the country.