Whether it’s the rise to national prominence of Vermont’s self-described democratic socialist senator Bernie Sanders, the election of a beyond-stereotypical 1970s sandal-wearing bearded-lefty, Jeremy Corbyn, as British Labour leader, polls estimating that 36 percent of Americans millennials have positive views of socialism, the breakthrough into mainstream politics by left-wing parties such as Syriza in Greece, the Scottish Nationalists in Britain, and Podemos in Spain, or New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s latest social engineering programs, it’s hard to deny that the left seems emboldened throughout much of the West today.

Less attention, however, has been directed to considering how this has all come to pass. Part of the answer concerns relatively recent events — but only part. Much of it also reflects long-term developments to which some conservatives are either inattentive or prefer to ignore.

Read the article “Why the Left Keeps Winning” on spectator.org.