The Five Steps of Leftist Radicalization:
First, safe spaces. The 2010-2015 era.
- People needed to be "protected" from "harmful" ideas.
Second, cancel culture. The 2016-2020 era.
- Social status removed from those with "harmful" ideas.
Third, censorship. The 2021-2023 era.
- Those with "harmful" ideas no longer allowed to speak.
Fourth, structural exile. 2023-2025 era.
- Your credential, career, or license dependent on ideological alignment. (Important to note human psyche equates exile with death).
Fifth, direct violence normalized. 2025 and onwards.
- Post Kirk assassination, the Leftist psyche fully accepts lethal violence against political opponents.
And if this movement continues to radicalize, the next stage is predictable: collective violence—group against group.