“Their claim is that there are people who are not able to better themselves so the rest of us must restrict ourselves to their standards.”
Spirited. Yes, but look what hides behind their pseudo-concern: green-eyed envy. Envy is comprised of pride (self-love), jealousy, covetousness and hate, and is the great leveler of socialism, redistribution schemes, progressive taxation, hate crime and speech codes and much more.
Outstanding, spirited! I'm going to "steal" that sometime.
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