I thought Keynes was just smoking something when he came up with his economic theory, but then when I studied philosophy I found out Keynes studied at the knee of G.E. Moore, a philosopher so bad that Wittgenstein reputedly said Moore was an example of how far you could get in philosophy without actually knowing anything. I have little doubt that Keynes learned his progressivism from Moore.
Moore was the master of the confusing argument and ethical relativism. His philosophy allowed his followers to justify anything. This is probably why Keynes could come up with such a crazy economic theory that others would sell as a means to cure the ills of the Great Depression, despite later economists showing it probably prolonged the Depression by seven years.
Sound familiar? Obamacare anyone?
Right on!