"Perhaps conservatives were naive to expect any party, ever, to resist rent-seeking temptations when in power. Just as there always was something fatally unserious about socialism -- its flawed understanding of human nature -- is it possible that there has also been something profoundly unserious about the limited-government agenda? Should we now be prepared for the national electoral wing of the conservative movement -- the House and Senate caucuses and executive branch officials -- to identify with legislation like the pork-laden energy and transportation bills, in the same way that liberals came to ground their identities in programs like Social Security?''
This is actually a flaw in capitalism. It allows wealth to increase rapidly, and everyone gets rich. Once you're rich, you can have whatever you want and do whatever you want. That's when the trouble starts.
Where's my share of the flaw?