[PapaBear3625]

Reduced to one sentence: The ultra-rich like the idea of a planned economy, because they are arrogant enough to believe that they would be among those doing the planning.

Keep in mind, that in the old USSR, while the regular people stood on line for moldy potatoes, the elites lived like royalty. And among the advantages of being an elite in a desperately poor country, is that your servants and mistresses know what happens to them if they do an inadequate job of pleasing you.

[nmh]

“Reduced to one sentence: The ultra-rich like the idea of a planned economy, because they are arrogant enough to believe that they would be among those doing the planning.
Keep in mind, that in the old USSR, while the regular people stood on line for moldy potatoes, the elites lived like royalty. And among the advantages of being an elite in a desperately poor country, is that your servants and mistresses know what happens to them if they do an inadequate job of pleasing you. “

WELL PUT!

You need to be a journalist.

[Niuhuru]

You sir, are a genius.

In essence, another reason Hollywood loves the thought of a socialist regime.