The Left-Liberal ecosystem

Everyone agrees that the Left-Liberal ecosystem exists and is quite powerful. But how does it look? Who are the players? How does it work?

Source: Organiser

The left-Liberal (LeLi) ecosystem is one of the most powerful elements in social discourse. It acts and reacts as one organism making it difficult for individuals to debate and engage this LeLi system. The LeLi system steamrolls every argument using its sheer size, scope, and spread of its confrontation. They achieve this through actors coordinated by some incentive structure. Let us understand how.

The LeLi Ecosystem comprises the following:

1. Different types of Actors

Broadly speaking, the LeLi system comprises the following actors, some individuals and other institutions.

• Groundworkers - Activists, Unions

• Talent Scouts

• Art and Culture Players

• Journalists

• NGOs

• Amplifiers - Actors

• Thinktanks and Institutes

• Politicians - Someone who can move between all of these

• Global Institutions

2. A mechanism to identify, groom and nurture them

The second aspect of the system is a mechanism and structure to identify and groom these actors. A common person cannot be slotted into these roles with ease. You need to groom them.

• The best strategy is to start young. Young people are always enamoured by the idealistic concepts of Marxism and socialism. If one manages to grow up without being brainwashed, we learn that idealism is good in theory but leads to bad outcomes. So the strategy is to brainwash them young.

• These actors are put in various roles on a smaller stage - at the college level, factory union level etc. If they succeed, then they are put on bigger and bigger theatres.

• The debaters are put into debates with LeLi Professors, leaders, and finally, the LeLi thought leaders. Then they are put before supportive media personnel, then neutral media personnel etc.

• Some are deputed to intern with LeLi stars or high achievers or sympathisers. You can make them research assistants, media managers etc.

• The LeLi institutions create a network of events and programs that allow a forum for these upcoming actors to showcase their abilities. If they have talent, they are taken in for further grooming.

• The actors are gradually scaled into their roles.

• No one left behind is a rule followed by LeLi system. The idea is some people achieve later in life and you do not want them to be caustic when they get power.

3. Identifying the initiatives or topics

The left does not invent initiatives against the right, haphazardly or overnight. The process is organic. Various initiatives are allowed to fester below the radar. The right does not have enough bandwidth to nip them in the bud.

As the occasion arises, initiatives are picked up based on how effectively they can be deployed against the right. Think of it as a chessboard. The LeLi ecosystem determines who are the actors in what places and how much purchase can they achieve against the Right. When the LeLi system moves, it feels like it is a conspiracy. It is not. It is quite a strategic manner of action.

4. Engaging with the Right.

The engagement with the Right is carefully monitored.

• There is a hierarchy of debate forums. As mentioned, at the grooming stage, the actors debate with friends, LeLi experts and skilled debaters, and then they are allowed to debate with weak opponents from the Right.

• The debates with intellectual stalwarts from the Right are always undertaken with pliable LeLi moderators.

• This principle is applied to all engagements with the Right. A LeLi novice journalist will be featured in College Magazines first, then escalates to LeLi publication, and graduate to books and other gigs. But her engagement with the right will always be in the LeLi forum.

• The engagement will always be asymmetric - the heavyweight LeLi candidate will debate the lightweight Right candidate.

• During the debates, the LeLi candidate, having the training and practice, will engage in half-truths, limited truths and truths out of context.

5. System of incentives

There is a system to coordinate various actors, initiatives and engagements with the Right. It is something like Adam Smith’s invisible hand is at work here.

The incentive structure is very fine-tuned. You get the stage; your voice gets amplified, you get monetary support in the initial years, and later you become a star to attract funding on your own. You are then called upon to groom and nurture future talent.

In Sum

A proper clash of ideas, debate and creating a buy-in are necessary processes within a democratic discourse. A well-evolved LeLi system has limited the space for voices and ideas from the Right. To counter, the Right needs to build such an ecosystem. Without a well-prepared is unlikely to generate proper debate.

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Additional Notes:

Some pointers about various actors within the LeLi ecosystem.

1. Access to ground workers

   • Types of ground workers

     • Students (usually from arts facility)

     • Union workers

     • Unemployed

     • Disillusioned

   • Who can access the ground workers?

     • Teachers/Professors to organise youth

     • Union Leaders to organise workers

     • Political leaders to organise out-of-work masses

     • NGO to organise gig-workers or gig-protestors.

2. Access to power centres

   • Types of power centre

     • Political Power

     • Managerial Power

     • Monetary power

     • Institutional power

   • Who can access these power centres?

     • Politicians

     • Bureaucrats

     • Monetary Power centres

       • The ultra-rich - afraid of capitalist forces of creative destruction

       • The rich mandarins, also called cabal or ecosystem

       • subscribers (workers and union members) who pay fees and create a corpus fund.

3. Narrative builders - Spin doctors

   • Types of spin

     • Positive Spin on negative events

     • Positive Spin on negative characters

     • Negative Spin on positive events

     • Negative Spin on positive characters

   • Who are the spin doctors

     • Journalists

     • Professors

     • Social Media influencers

4. Creators of Theoretical frameworks

   • Types of theoretical systems

     • Economics theory (Communism, MMT, etc.)

     • Social theory (CRT, BLM etc.)

     • Union negotiations

   • Who are the creators of these frameworks?

     • Professors,

     • Researchers, etc.

5. Creators of Leveraging tools

   • Types of Leveraging tools

     • Ratings (Diversity ratings, etc.)

     • Rankings (environmental ranking etc.)

     • Indices ( Freedom Indices etc.)

   • Who creates these tools?

     • Agencies

     • Global Institutions

     • Thinktanks

     • NGOs

6. Connection makers

   • Types of connection makers

     • Art and Culture Centre (attractive poor people over whom leverage can be exercised)

     • Fashion and model

     • Union and management negotiation

     • Social Media influencers

   • Who are the connection-makers?

     • Art Centres

     • Culture centres

     • NGOs

7. Troubleshooters or the Rear Flank

   • Types of troubleshooters

     • Gatekeepers

     • Firefighters

   • Who are the trouble-shooters?

     • Lawyers,

     • Judges

     • Politicians

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