The Fate of America’s Plutocrats

American Thinker ^ | 8 May, 2025 | Steve McCann

[MtnClimber]

In what can only be described as the most astonishing turn of events in American political history, the Democrat party over the past twenty years has evolved into a previously unimagined alliance of super-rich plutocrats and their two-century-old mortal enemy, the far-left or Marxists.

Many years ago, while participating in a voter registration drive, I came upon a grizzled and disheveled old man sitting in the overgrown and weed-infested yard of his paint-starved house calmly smoking his pipe. Despite his gruff demeanor, Ully (Ulysses) was very pleasant and loquacious as we talked for over an hour on topics ranging from the weather to the innate foibles of mankind.

It turned out that he had to leave school after the third grade to work in the fields to help support his family and had toiled in various menial and labor-intensive jobs ever since. Yet, he had a deep and thorough insight into human nature. Among his comments about the rich and ostensibly well-educated was: “All the money in the world cain’t buy a fool a lick of common sense.”

I was reminded of that observation upon reading an article detailing that sixteen of the twenty wealthiest Congressional districts are currently represented by far-left Democrats (including nine out of the top ten).

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: marxism; putinistas

[MtnClimber]

The plutocrats are just wealthy useful idiots. When the marxists gain total power the useful idiots are usually among the first to be lined up against the wall.

[DeplorablePaul]

This old man and me
We’re at the bar and we
We’re havin’ us some beers and
Swappin’ “I don’t cares”
Talkin’ politics
Blonde and redhead chicks
Old dogs and new tricks, and
Habits we ain’t kicked
We talked about God’s grace
And all the Hell we raised
Then I heard the old man say
God is great, beer is good
And people are crazy
He said I fought two wars
Been married and divorced
What brings you to Ohio?
He said, “Damned if I know”
We talked an hour or two
About every girl we knew
What all we put ‘em through
Like two old boys will do
We pondered life and death
He lit a cigarette
Said, “These damn things will kill me yet”
But God is great, beer is good
And people are crazy
Last call is 2 a.m.
I said goodbye to him
I never talked to him again
Then one sunny day
I saw the old man’s face
Front page obituary
He was a millionaire-y
He left his fortune to
Some guy he barely knew
His kids were mad as hell
Huh, but me, I’m doing well

[cgbg]

Lenin said it best:

“The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.”

[ClearCase_guy]

People who think they ought to have Power over everyone else fall into four categories:

Plutocrats
Marxists
Celebrities
Government employees

[aquila48]

“The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.”

That’s a very different sentiment than what this piece is about. Lenin was talking about greed.

This guy’s reference to wealthy people electing leftists is more about atoning for their sin of having gotten rich. There is a component of guilt or sense of “unfairness” about them being so much better off than others, and want to make amends for it by electing politicians who spout the “right” words. It’s their moral fig leaf. It’s their “get out of jail card”.

IOW, they’re hypocrites.

[4Runner]

Talk about an oxymoron. A wealthy Democrat.