🔥A common framing of Irish politics by analysts and authors is that FF/FG have veered to the left. But they haven’t. 👉Not really. What these parties have done is abandon any pretence of sovereigntism or nationalism - in favour of globalism: an ideology that mirrors certain leftist positions but which primarily serves to integrate Ireland into global centralized economic and political networks - at the expense of the people. So why do leftists and globalists ‘gel’? In the ‘80s, Global capital (finance, corporations) discovered it could co-opt leftist moral language on topics like ‘diversity’, ‘inclusion’ and ‘global citizenship’ to justify neoliberal goals like open borders, light touch deregulation and offshoring. It worked. During the 80’s and 90’s the traditional working class were losing influence as funded universities, NGOs, and supranational bodies increasingly embodied the ‘new left.’ Identity politics and Climate began to take centre stage as Clinton, Blair and Obama made speeches mixing market globalism with progressive rhetoric. The trend was operationalized by USAID. In short order, Leftism became *managerial* not revolutionary. Then, after the Troika deal in 2010, the gears switched. Issues like climate change, migration, and online ‘disinformation’ became framed as *even greater* global threats requiring even greater global management. Leftist moral frameworks (‘solidarity,’ ‘inclusion,’ ‘saving the planet’) became policy imperatives. The SDGs in particular exemplified how Leftism provided the moral vocabulary of global technocracy. To this day, Globalism continues to need a moral story to justify its trampling of nation states. When the Rockefeller Fund sponsored a ‘Club of Rome’ tour of Europe in 2023, its Trinity College Dublin conference was addressed by none other than Paul Murphy TD of People before Profit. Goldman Sachs’ Chairman Peter Sutherland took on the role of UN Special Representative for International Migration. Leftist ideals like ‘anti-racism’, ‘environmentalism’ and ‘equality’ provide Globalists with moral cover which makes supranational agencies and corporations - seem humane rather than imperial. In 2011 Enda was invited over to Davos - den of the famous bondholders. It’s not clear what meetings he had but a system of Stakeholder Capitalism was soon adopted in Ireland as a subtle replacement for traditional representative democracy. Under this model, the key decision-makers - the“stakeholders” comprise the government, major corporations and banks, civil society organizations and supranational agencies. *Ordinary Irish citizens*, whose consent is traditionally the foundation of democratic governance, were sidelined, excluded from meaningful participation and left without a real voice in shaping the policies that govern their lives. NGOs function primarily as counterfeit proxies for public participation. What is sold as ‘inclusive’ governance, is in fact a technocratic consolidation of power, concentrating influence in the hands of elites while the public remains locked out. Injecting globalist thinking into the apparatus of the Irish state was easy. Fine Gael held the door open and let the globalists in. The party had long enjoyed a close relationship with the chief purveyor of Stakeholder Capitalism: the World Economic Forum. Amongst various mentors acknowledged by Klaus Schwab, are names such as Maurice Strong, Henry Kissinger….and Peter Sutherland. NGOs, academia, media and international agencies have no doubt became the ‘career home’ for the modern educated left. But the State funding which sustains them is motivated by Globalism, NOT populist support for left wing activism. Heather is a globalist. Connolly is a globalist AND a leftist. Reducing today’s political conflicts exclusively to a traditional battle between left and right misses the bigger picture. To stand a chance of winning, we must start with identifying our enemies accurately. @RealEddieHobbs