Stephen Moore does not work for the WSJ. He is, however, a great supply-sider (yippee!).
That said, I truly do see irony in the behavior of the leftists and the corporations that serve them. Companies like Ben and Jerry's act in their own best interest. They have concluded it is in their best interest to appeal to the lefties. Therefore, they adopt a "socially conscious" culture to appeal to the lefties. The "socially conscious" culture is adopted to further the corporate interests. No hypocrisy there. The leftists admire the "socially conscious" culture. No hyporisy there, either, but certainly irony because the culture they admire was created to further the corporation's own self-interest.
Very true. In case you missed it, there was a brilliant discussion of just this topic in Reason recently with the always entertaining T.J. Rodgers weighing in.
It might be an irony if it wasn't a matter of conscious policy on the part of the left to use any means necessary, including capitalism, to subjugate the masses.
the term irony imparts a dignity to left wing tactics that it doesn't deserve and paints the user of the term as naive.