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socialism and Islam: a tale of two psychoses

saturday, august 8th, 2026

The times, they are a-changin’. Rapidly. And not in a good way.

Two separate — and growing -- psychoses are converging in a perfect highly imperfect storm of authoritarianism to existentially threaten the land of the formerly free and brave.

To wit:

In 2000, only 28% of Democrats identified as “liberal.” Today, that figure has nearly doubled. The number who claim to be very liberal has also risen dramatically. In fact, a recent survey shows that 1 in 3 Democrats now proudly consider themselves to be Democratic-Socialists. The party has been fundamentally transformed — and quickly. DSA candidates are now running in elections across the fruited plain … and winning. This would have been unthinkable just a couple of decades ago. A dark night is descending over America

Simultaneously, the number of Muslims in the U.S. has also dramatically increased, from perhaps as low as 1.1 million in 2000, to perhaps as many as 4.5 million today. That would be greater than a 400% increase. In one generation.

The mayor of the largest city in the United States, the historic heart of capitalism, is today a Muslim. Just one generation or so after 19 practitioners of Islam, the universally acknowledged “religion of peace,” conspired to knock down the World Trade Center and slaughter nearly 3,000 innocent men, women, and children.

Ronald Reagan famously said that “freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” Many of us can clearly see that now.

In that same speech, Reagan stated:

Our founding fathers, here in this country, brought about the only true revolution that has ever taken place in man’s history. Every other revolution simply exchanged one set of rulers for another set of rulers. But only here did that little band of men, so advanced beyond their time that the world has never seen their like since, evolve the idea that you and I have within ourselves the God-given right and the ability to determine our own destiny. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. The only way they can inherit the freedom we have known is if we fight for it, protect it, defend it, and then hand it to them with the well-taught lessons of how they in their lifetime must do the same. And if you and I don’t do this, then you and I may well spend our sunset years telling our children, and our children’s children, what it once was like in America…when men were free. Everything which is bad for America, is good for the demonKKKrats.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have been played. Continuously and ruthlessly. Most Republicans are as worthless as teats on a boar. But many Democrats are truly evil. And the growing ranks of communists in the party are staging a palace coup for all to see. None of us can know exactly how this all will play out in November, let alone in November of 2028.

But I am not optimistic. Why?

As I wrote in COVID-1984 and other pieces, the plandemic was both a test and a coup. It was a test to see if the majority of Americans and Westerners would allow their governments to tell them if their job was important or not, if they could leave their homes and go to the funeral of a loved one, and that they must wear masks and stay 6 feet away from other humans.

Turns out Americans and Westerners did allow their rulers to tell them what they could and could not do. In the case of Americans, that meant that they had betrayed the founders’ wisdom and decided that, yes, security is more important than liberty. By doing so, they also ceded their privacy … and dignity.

It, too, was a coup in that it ushered in mass mail-in balloting, and massive fraud and cheating.

Whatever you say about Democrats, they are much, much better at fraud and cheating than are Republicans. The further left the Democrat, the more aggressive and adept at it they are.

Tragically, I never expected the West to fully recover from the pandemic.

It hasn’t. The prescriptions and proscriptions placed on us by “Dr. Fauci” and other “experts” and leaders broke individuals and damaged institutions. And a nation rarely finds itself again after it first forgets who it is. The same for a people. Demography is destiny, as Mark Steyn is wont to say. And a people will never again have the power — or liberty -- to rid themselves of socialism/Marxism/communism, or Sharia law, once they prevail. Especially given the staggering advances in technology. (Or, as Churchill once warned us, we could “sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science.”)

But hey, tolerance is what really matters, right? Pass it on.

Socialism is a delusion, a steadfast refusal to acknowledge human nature, be it individual (especially the socialist’s own nature) or collective. It is also a refutation of history. Islam is more of a political statement than a religion. It is, essentially, an actual patriarchy of toxic males who wish to make all women—and infidels-- subservient to them … until such time as they are called home to paradise to cavort with 72 virgins. It is, therefore, also a delusion.

By the Founders’ vision, the United States became the most successful, prosperous, and benevolent nation in history, with the freest citizens. That is a fact, not a delusion.

Where will we be on Nov. 4 of this year? What will we be on Nov. 8, 2028?

What will we tell our children in our sunset years?

© 7.31.2026 by Eric Utter, "American Thinker".

A Day In The Life.

Up at 7a on Saturday, a partly-sunny, but milky white sky, nice 66°F (so far), nice breeze, I made coffee, reset the AC to 73°, fired-up the Win-7 Pentium HP Desktop to let its 32 million lines of code load, skipped breakfast, had a couple smokes in the garage and checked the leftover errands list. Just one, but I'll do it Monday. I had lower and upper back pain, but scanned the weather and the breaking news websites. I went nback to sleep on the LR couch, and woke back up at 10:15a.

Humidity is air you can wear.

Our mnagement compny, CAMCO, sent a guy out to clean out the lower and upper gutters' and downspouts' Pin Oak debris, and he found a LOT of tree debris, clogging both, as I witnessed from last Tuesday's torrential downpour.. I lounged around most of what was left of the morning, until Sherry arrived around 1-1:30p. After she arrived, I checked out her new 2026 Hyundai Kona, and we decided to give it a "road test" trip, on the mountain range's back roads, which we did, and it passed nicely. We were nearly at Flinchbaugh's, so we drove there, and as crowded as it was, we got some nice foodstuff goodies.

Bak at my place, we relaxed untilk she left, around 5:30. I watched the news, and switched to History's "Mysteries From Above" and "Ancient Alie4ns" until 1a, and unplugged.

Up at 6a on Sunday, a cloudy, drizzly, very humid, 63° morning, I started coffee, had a couple smokes in the garage, and hit the LR couch for a few hours. I had 2 loads of laundry, and get ready for the day, but I got a late start. With laundry, condo chores, garbage/recycle bin prep, and a short nap, the day went fast. I watched the evening news, switched to reruns of History's "Ancient Aliens". Lights out at 1a.

Up at 9:30a on Monday, a mostly cloudy, humid, 83° morning. I made coffee, scanned the news and weather, and had 4 errands on my usual Monday trip down south of York, to do. With a lot of R/S pain, and feeling very tired, I got ready for the day and left at 12:45p.

Traffic was very light, and with the errands pared down to only 4, I made good time. Back home in an hour-fifteen, I unloaded, had some lunch, put stuff away, and got the full garbage & recycle bins out to the street, for morning p/u. I took a nice 2hr nap, watched the 6p evening news, and switched to Discovery's "Expedition Unknown" until 11:30p. Lights out. Cleaning lady coming at 8:30a tomorrow.

Awake and up at 4:30a on Tuesday -- 90mins ahead of the alarm -- I tried to get back to sleep, but couldn't, due to the R/S pain. Allright, I'm up. I made Kona Coffee, had a slice of Bacon, Egg & Cheese Toast, scanned the news and weather and got ready for the day. I opened the garage door at 6:30 for a couple smokes, and the cool (but humid 91%) air hit me like a ton of bricks: SWEET 67°! Down from 91° yesterday, and minor humidity. I'll take it.

I brought in the 2 bins, JoAnne arrive at 8:25, and I listened to some of the "CP Show", then hit the LR couch for a nap, and to stay out of her way, while she cleaned the condo. Sisw stopped by to visit, dropped off some of her homegrown tomatoes, and left before JoAnne finished. I made lunch, did an errand, and spent the afternoon doing paperqwork in my Office-Sunroom.

I watched the evening news, and switched to Discovery's "Homestead Rescue: Intervention" and FNC's election returns throughout the night.I finally bagged it at 2a.

Awake and up at 4:30a on Wednesday, a heavily-overcast, drizzly, oppressively-humid, 76° morning morning. I started coffee, had a ¼ mug, as few smokes in the stuffy garage, and crashed on the LR couch, for a few hours. Back up at 8:30, I tuned into the "CP Show", and had a light breakfast. After getting ready for the day, I did 2 quick errands locally, came home and did some small condo chores, and tuned back into the 12-3p afternoon show on WMAL in DC.

I watched the evening news, had dinner and switched to Discovery's "Expedition Unknown" until 1a, and unplugged.

Up at 8:45a, with lawnmowers and weedwackers "swinging" all morning, on Thursday, a partly sunny, oppressively-humid, 83° morning, I made the last of the Kona Coffee -- new shipment on the way -- scanned the news and weather, and tuned into the usual "CP Show" from 9-12 -- another sub-host on today -- and tried to get the day organized. YES, I'm still having eMail problems. The SMTP Server will receive, but the POP3 won't always send or reply. It's beyond frustrating.

No errands today, but R/S pain didn't go away. I medicated myself with a 250 Bayer Aspirin, and did some minor condo chores, took a short nap, watched the evening news and made dinner. I switched to History's new season of "Ancient Aliens" until 1a, and bagged it for the night.

Up at 8:15a on Friday, a blue sky, sunny, warm 75°, VERY HUMID again (87%), I made coffee, scanned the news and weather, and tuned into the "CP Show", 9-12. My Weis Markets delivery is scheduled between 12-2p. I had breakfast, stayed on FR while the WMAL-FM radio show was on, and around 1:15P, the sky went BLACK. A ***Severe Thunderstorm Watch*** was posted, but not a drop of rain. 15 minutes later, with lightning and thunder, the sky opened-up and we got nearly 1" of rain. My grocery delivery arrived just before the t-storm and rain deluge.

I unloaded, put stuff away, tuned into The Weather Channel (TWC) on TV to check for any t-storms with HAIL, but none indicated. After the flooded street drained, I walked over to get the week's mail, had a nice nap, and woke to the 6p news. I switched to TWC's "Weather Gone Viral" and History's "Mysteries From Above" until 1a, and unplugged for the night.

Today starts a new week, here in the "Journal" and except for a mid-week Dr's app't, I'm clear for the week. Sherry's here today, and we'll see what her schedule looks like.

The Left’s Spiritual Connection With Islam.

Yesterday, the barrier between Spain and Morocco broke, as up to 60,000 young, military-aged Muslim men swam from Morocco past the border at Ceuta and Melilla into Spain. The incentives were twofold.

The first was that Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s hard-socialist president, announced that illegal aliens in Spain who applied for legal status would receive it. The second was that the leftist Supreme Court announced that, while those who entered Spain over a land border could instantly be turned away, those who entered through a waterway would instantly be registered as asylum seekers, entitled to a full hearing. Spain’s geography and the shared coastline between Morocco, Ceuta, and Melilla made the outcome obvious.

We also know why Spain’s leftists are happy to welcome Muslims: As leftists, they hate their national heritage and everything it stands for. When Spain parted ways with its Catholic past, it did what leftist nations do when they abandon the Biblical faiths: It stopped having children. Its birthrate is almost half the rate needed for a nation to maintain its population, let alone grow.

Spain and Islam also share a common cause: hatred for America and Israel, specifically, and the West, generally. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and all that.

But President Sanchez unwittingly hit upon one other reason the left loves Islam, and that’s Islam’s powerful and compatible spiritual essence. Spirituality and leftism? That sounds ridiculous, but give me a minute to make my case.

This idea came from a New York Times op-ed in which President Sanchez argued for allowing unlimited numbers of illegal aliens from across the Muslim world:

We, as Western nations, must choose between becoming closed and impoverished societies or open and prosperous ones. Growth or retreat: Those are the two options before us. And by growth, I’m not talking only about material gain, but also our spiritual development.

“Spiritual development”?! What in the world is he talking about?

Well, it occurred to me that he may be on to something. Leftism is nihilistic. It believes only in the state, and the state is an infinitely changing entity that responds to and sets rules for the needs of those in power.

Leftism offers no solutions to the fundamental, existential issues: Why am I here? (You’re a parasite. The state thinks most of you should die.) Why shouldn’t I murder, rob, cheat, assault, sleep with my sister, etc.? (You’re free to do so, as long as it benefits the state.) What happens at the end? (You’re dead. Just dead.)

Islam is different. For starters, it believes in itself. In Europe, Christianity is a dead letter.

Sure, there are pockets of Christians, but leftism either wipes out Christians or, what may even be worse, it coopts them. So you have a Pope who encourages unassimilable Muslims to enter Europe illegally, or leftism has churches that preach that God is utterly wrong when it comes to that whole gender binary thing, that homosexual sex should be encouraged, that marital sex is a farce, and that God really expects nothing of anybody. Priests in various faiths announce that they’re not even sure there is a God, so they’re kind of riffing the whole thing.

Islam is different. It stands for something. And here’s what’s really great about what it stands for: It stands for a lot of the things leftists love.

My cousin, who converted from being a Jewish atheist to Christianity, and then became a pastor, spent decades working in the Virginia prison system. Many years ago, he wrote an email to me that stated something very profound about how common it was for prisoners to convert to Islam. What’s significant is that they didn’t do so because they felt remorse for their crimes, repented, and sought redemption. Instead, something very different was going on:

It is not a contradiction to be a Muslim and a murderer, even a mass murderer. That is one reason why criminals “convert” to Islam in prison. They don’t convert at all; they simply remain the angry, judgmental, vicious beings they always have been. They simply add “religious” diatribes to their personal invective. Islam does not inspire a crisis of conscience, just inspirations to outrage.

And there it is: The “spiritual” nexus between Islam and socialism.

For socialists, Islam is everything they want, plus it answers the big questions: Why am I here?

To serve Allah.

Why shouldn’t I murder, rob, cheat, assault, sleep with my sister, etc.?

You’re free to do so, as long as it benefits Islam.

And then there’s the kicker: What happens at the end?

It’s not the end. You ascend to Paradise. If you’ve been a soldier for the cause, you get a wonderful paradise, plus endless sex with 72 women, a good sales pitch for leftist men.

If you’re a regular guy, you get to live in a wonderful paradise, complete with sex with your “purified” spouses, something that will work for leftist men.

As for women, they get to be young, free of negative emotions, material goods, and surrounded by friends and family…but no sex. For leftist women, riddled with angry emotions and utterly degraded and demoralized by hook-up culture, this may actually end up sounding very good.

We’ve long thought that there’ll be a war at the end between the Muslims and the leftists, with the world going to the last ideology standing. Listening to President Sanchez, I suspect that all but the most die-hard leftists will be easily sold on Muslim conversions.

© 8.1.2026 by Andrea Widburg, "American Thinker".