The left wastes time weaponizing everything, from policing to immigration, and it’s rotting our infrastructure
Seth Barron argues that the political left in the United States is weaponizing key societal institutions and concepts for ideological gain. He claims that areas such as policing, immigration, homeownership, and education have been manipulated to advance a progressive agenda. According to Barron, this politicization undermines traditional values, weakens public trust, and contributes to the deterioration of national infrastructure.
- ▪Policing has been systematically tied to the legacy of slavery and a narrative of global oppression by leftists.
- ▪Citizenship has been devalued and weaponized, according to the author, to disrupt American political life and cultural continuity.
- ▪Local zoning laws are being dismantled in state legislatures to impose housing densification against public preference.
- ▪Public education has been captured by teachers unions and leftist activists, turning schools into vehicles for progressive indoctrination.
- ▪Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson discontinued a public safety accountability practice started by his predecessor Lori Lightfoot.
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Opinion The left wastes time weaponizing everything, from policing to immigration, and it’s rotting our infrastructure By Seth Barron Published May 2, 2026, 8:00 a.m. ET SETH BARRON is the The Post’s Associate Editorial Page Editor, and the author of “The Last Days of New York” and the new book “Weaponized: The Left’s Capture and Destruction of America’s Sacred Institutions” (Humanix Books, out now). In the adapted excerpt below, he writes about weaponization and the current political landscape. We have heard a lot about “weaponization” over the last few years. On social media, it has become a kind of shorthand, like the word “gaslighting,” for anything that someone finds annoying or unscrupulous.
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