This past weekend, I had the privilege of attending my first CPAC. It was just as great as I had expected it to be—wonderful speakers, great events, enlightening forums, and overall a ton of fun.
But the greatest part of it was the strong feeling of happiness in the hotel where CPAC was taking place.
Everyone from all walks of life was there for the same reason, to promote conservatism, Americanism, and Western Civilization. As such, many people who did not know each other before instantly became friends, solely because they were allies in the common goal of preserving these values we all know and love. It inevitably led to a great time had by all, and a seemingly contagious happiness in the air.
Nowhere during CPAC did I notice this though more than when I saw a random infiltrator standing near where President Trump gave his speech, wearing a t-shirt laden with expletives that said “f*** Trump and f*** you for voting for him.” You could almost feel the misery in the person’s existence, in stark contrast to the happy warrior in a MAGA hat asking him to get a selfie.
CPAC, like any conservative event, really was the happiest place to be.
It is worth exploring why conservatives, as a group, tend to be much happier than leftists, which inevitably leads to happy conservative events, while left-wing events tend to end in riots.
Studies suggest as well that leftists tend to be more unhappy and have more psychological issues.
There are too many examples to name of this phenomenon, from the everyday Trump Derangement Syndrome, and now Elon Derangement Syndrome, to the common riot whenever someone “misgenders” or says something a leftist disagrees with.
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In contrast, when conservatives protested former President Barack Obama during the Tea Party era, they famously cleaned up any garbage in the areas where they rallied. As well, a Trump rally, or any conservative event, is a place where everyone feels warm and like family.
There are many reasons that conservatives are happier than leftists, aside from the fact that leftism is an ungrateful, discriminatory, racist ideology that lauds perpetuating communism, violence, bodily mutilation and victimhood, while conservatism promotes Americanism, family values, belief in a higher power and general meaning in life.
To quote Dr. Jordan Peterson, life is, by nature, hard and about suffering. We have to do our best in life to, despite our life circumstances, make the most of our time on earth.
A core principle of conservatism is freedom and liberty, which underscores that, while we don’t choose our life circumstances, we choose our reactions to them and how we shape our lives. A person’s inherent, natural rights from God make him or her the master of his or her own life and give that person inherent worth.
In contrast, leftism is an ideology that values victimhood, as we see from the worldview of critical theory, where everything is seen as “oppressor vs. oppressed.” Hence, any problem is not my fault, but was put on me by someone else. Trump won because of Russian collusion. America is racist. Corporations are greedy. Tax the rich. DEI and affirmative action are sacred. The list continues in perpetuity.
The leftist believes that he or she needs a savior from these conjured problems hoisted on the world, and that savior is almost always the state. It truly is a miserable mindset to live with.
You can choose to be the decider of your own destiny or blame every problem on any fill-in-the-blank-phobia or whatever-ism. You can either have sovereignty over your own life or give it over to someone else while complaining all the way. It’s easy to figure out which of these choices leads to a happier existence.
Jeremy Frankel is a freelance writer who has worked with many media publications. Follow him on X, Truth Social, GETTR, and CenterClip.
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