Leftists only make sense when you uncloak their real motivation: envy. Leftists always disguise their true motivation because envy is not socially acceptable. They envy their neighbors newer and more expensive cars. Envy is not about having what others have but denying others what they have. Many leftists could afford a newer more expensive car than their neighbors, but instead they prefer to fight to take away their neighbors cars. But their dream of banning the automobile will not bring them happiness. Freed of car payments, richer neighbors will just sink their money into incredibly expensive bicycles that will infuriate leftists even more.
Humans did not evolve to live in ant hills. Living in close proximity to so many others with more wealth and status causes intense feelings of envy. It's why city dwellers are leftists, and country dwellers couldn't give a damn about their neighbors new car sitting a mile away.
Leftists only make sense when you uncloak their real motivation: envy. Leftists always disguise their true motivation because envy is not socially acceptable. They envy their neighbors newer and more expensive cars. Envy is not about having what others have but denying others what they have. Many leftists could afford a newer more expensive car than their neighbors, but instead they prefer to fight to take away their neighbors cars. But their dream of banning the automobile will not bring them happiness. Freed of car payments, richer neighbors will just sink their money into incredibly expensive bicycles that will infuriate leftists even more. When I was a kid something about the lyrics from this hippie era song struck me as wrong:
"Tax the rich, feed the poor, 'Til there are no rich no more"
Doesn't it seem that the goal should be to eliminate poverty, or to have the poor fed instead of making sure the rich are eliminated?
Also, is there something more sinister going on here? Do they mean that they want to eliminate rich people entirely in a Marxist Che/PolPot/Ceausescu/Pelosi/Healthcare Bill/Stalinist way, or just to take away all their wealth so that we are all in the third world?
"Tell me where is sanity?"