The Big Tech Scapegoat

Reacting to Democrat success in creating and building institutions isn’t a recipe for success

From the 1920s to the present day Republicans have failed to create or preserve institutions that facilitate the development of their world view.

The myth of big tech is a scapegoat for these various political and philosophical failures. 

And these failures begin with the advent of the progressive era.

The progressive era began in the American universities through the influence of Hegel’s philosophy.  Hegel argued that the state was the ultimate and historical culmination of man’s freedom and thereby capable of bringing universal emancipation through objectively situated administrators.

Devotees to Hegelian thought include Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Crowley, and John Dewey and brought Hegel’s philosophy back to America from studying overseas in Germany.

Collectively, with their newfound faith in the state, these thinkers began to construct policy positions and institutions rooted in a new, convincing, and logically rigorous philosophy. These policy positions -- along with Hegel’s world view -- partnered with leftwing Protestant theologians, who were predisposed to Hegel’s thought and liberal policy positions, to create the Progressive United States we live in today.

Republicans failed to counter these policy proposals -- which include big government statist programs Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid -- and Hegelian world view with a more appealing philosophy to ground their policy in.  

Big Tech is a scapegoat for this failure.  Because big tech is the most visible manifestation of the progressive worldview it gets undue blame for the actual problem.

Instead nothing should be broken up -- and instead of destroying concerned conservatives should create. Only through creation can the evils of the world be overcome.

Zigmund Reichenbach holds a M.A. in Philosophy from West Chester University.  You can find him commenting on news stories of national and state interest at his Facebook page Zigmund Reichenbach -- Commentator or you can follow him on Twitter @zreichenbach1.  Additionally you can find episodes of the weekly Sunday podcast (4PM) that airs via Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter at this link here. 

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