Daniel Pipes complains about bureaucratic leftism, which "diminishes the role of the individual in many ways," including:

* The group over the individual: A person's unique capabilities and outlook have less importance than his membership in the ascriptive groups (racial, ethnic or gender) into which he is born.

* Oppressor vs. victim: The world divides into good and bad groups, with nonwhites, women, immigrants and homosexuals by their very nature in the former category.

But I disagree with him on immigration. (Link via Instapundit.)