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I think there are 2 more common causes here of the Social Justice "Libertarians at lunch, authoritarians at dinner" schizo mindset:

First, like their Marxist ancestors, whatever seems good for "the Revolution" at any point in time is ipso facto right and necessary, even if it contradicts what was said the day before. So if turning Cali into an open-air mental asylum gains them more power it's good, and if becoming Covid commissars gains them more power, that's also good. ("In our society whatever serves the interests of communism is moral." Brezhnev)

And secondly, the commonality between being a junkie-enabling libertarian and a Covid-enforcing maximalist is the Social Justice prime emotional impetus: a sort of fundamentalist compassion, where anyone who may cause any harm to any member of a marginalized group becomes not just an enemy or dissident, but a pollutant that needs to be extinguished.

Social Justice is somehow both Marxist and Protestant, and combines the most extreme thinking of both, in that every aspect of life and the world become both intensely politicized and moralized.

Have been reading some Rene Girard lately and he talks about how Christianity died so that its essence/ethos/core truth could live forever.

"The current process of spiritual demagoguery and rhetorical overkill has transformed the concern for victims into a totalitarian command and a permanent inquisition."

Great piece!

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Pretend as they might, I suspect these so-called “Revolutionaries” are perfectly aware of the true nature of their role: handsomely rewarded henchmen for the owning class.

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I like your comment, but I think you’re giving them too much credit; They are true believers not duplicitous money grubbers.

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