Communists have often starved their opponents”
The commies in America don’t study history.
Where has socialism ever been a paradise on earth?
They all think they will live like royalty.
That's the key. Liberal elites *know* they are creating misery for everyone. They don't care because, as elites, they surely won't be held to the rules they make up for everyone else. That's why they are so keen on mass transit - because they want to roads clear for themselves. Us commoners simply clog up their day so they decree that you and I can't have cheap gasoline or the cars we want. But it doesn't apply to the lords, only the serfs.