In the “progressive” view, we’re all part of the organic state, members of a collective. The debate about nationalized health care is really about nationalizing our bodies. Why should our bodies not belong to the state and why should not the collective direct how we live and think and breathe?
In the organic state, there is no private life. As the left has taught us all too often, the “personal is political”. Boris Pasternak, author of Dr. Zhivago, understood that reality all too well. Here is Pasha Antipov’s speech to Zhivago, who only wanted to explore the poetical inner life free from revolutionary intrusions. In the story, the Russian Revolution’s brutalities transform Antipov into Strelnikov, soulless scourge of the Counter-Revolution. Here Antipov (played by Tom Courtenay) critiques Zhivago’s poetry in light of the Revolution’s new – and de-personalized – order.
Think about your own private life in a world where the state exercises jurisdiction over your thoughts as well as your body.
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