I always saw it the opposite way. Leftism is everything derived from the Enlightenment
Gnosticism was leftist long before any European "enlightenment". Even in the New Testament we witness Jesus's leftism. Our enemies will tell you this is the case also:
Leftism is a Gnostic perversion of ChristianityBeing that we all live in “Christendom” — that is, a culture shaped and animated (in the literal sense of “given life”) by Judeo-Christian principles — I guess it shouldn’t be surprising that we share its underlying assumptions about the “brokenness” of man and the world. But where the progressive goes off the rails is in supposing there is some secret political formula that can reverse the fall and restore us to wholeness. Thus, the ubiquitous frenzied moral passion that always animates the left. Leftists are always exaggeratedly pessimistic about the present state of the world, but “optimistic” in a crazed and manic way that steamrules over anyone who would dare delay the immediate implementation of paradise.
Entire article:
https://wolfpangloss.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/leftism-is-a-gnostic-perversion-of-christianity/This is why the True Left is also known as the Pan-Gnostic Left among True Leftists.
And stop whitewashing Hitler, it is creepy!
How are we "white-washing" Hitler exactly? You do realize a lot of the previous quotes in this thread are directly from Mein Kampf, as well as other reputable sources, right? Are we "whitewashing" Hitler or have you actually never read anything he said?