>>And thus, socialism and “cronies” establish a sick symbiosis. If you aren’t in on the special deals, it sucks for poor you.
Yep. The “Progressive” future is capitalism for the elites, communism for the masses. And that’s how every great socialist experiment winds up.
And this is kind of how China looks now, with their market communism. Where did the consciences of our modern liberals go? Why do their hearts not bleed when it is Chinese swords that are poised?
I really got pounded on the other day by a chap who was convinced that cronies were the worst evil, while being really easy on socialism.
This chap, supposedly a serious Christian, has not yet recognized what C. S. Lewis wrote about decades ago — the devil sends errors into the world in pairs, and the very MOMENT you say “especially” about opposition to one of them, you’ve set yourself up to careen right into the other one.