[expat1000]

What an insightful line: "The shift from capitalism to socialism means that the poor live better than they used to, but that they have nowhere to go."

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[pieceofthepuzzle]

“Rather than a society of aspiring merchants and builders, we instead have a society of beggars and philosopher-kings.”

Says it all. This is an outstanding article.

[WashingtonSource]

EXCELLENT!!!!

[EyeSalveRich]

I am not sure what your point is. You seemed to ramble a just a pinch. No offense meant.

Points I think you may have been trying to make that I agree with.

1. The accumulation of wealth as the fruits of labor used to benefit society is not wrong, no matter the quantity. Yup. That is a part of free-enterprise.
2. Government forcibly redistributing wealth is wrong, doesn’t work, and historic attempts are miserable failures. Yup. That is socialism/communism.
3. The people leading the complaining about wealth distribution are at least in part led by the wealthy. Ironic huh.

However, you mentioned the lack of conspiracy. Once it seemed sarcastic, and the other time serious. ? Woodrow Wilson (I quoted elsewhere), the founding fathers, and even Jesus Christ warned us about conspiracy. Make no mistake about it there is a criminal conspiracy to undermine America, and there are extremely wealthy and powerful people involved.

You mention mobility between classes and the lack of aspiring merchants. What I see is a government that has so regulated everything, and sponsored such a fiscal nightmare that it is very difficult for an aspiring merchant to do anything.

Again, I encourage everyone to read up about the differences between capitalism and free enterprise.

Also I don't really believe under even mild socialism that the poor live better than under the type of system of founding fathers created, or God intended.

[GOPJ]

The people who make revolutions are not the dispossessed, but those who are close enough to see what power really looks like, but have no hope of wielding absolute power unless they enlist the mob. They are close enough to see the throne, but not close enough to non-violently sit down in it.

It's always the 'wannabees' like the Bill Ayers of the world...