PoliticalChic
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Hard Work or Liberalism?
sad to say...
but we may have crossed that point where we have
too many in the cart being pulled by too few
Sadly, I have no disagreement with your view.
As shown in the thread, the view of the Founders has been discarded in favor of a materialist view, a Marxist view, of the absurd idea that government should, or could, make certain that everyone has the same outcome, no matter their efforts or ability.
It is simply too attractive to those who believe they are entitled to what others have earned.
1. Sociologist Helmut Schoeck’s observation: “Since the end of the Second World War, however, a new ‘ethic’ has come into being, according to which the envious man is perfectly acceptable. Progressively fewer individuals and groups are ashamed of their envy, but instead make out that its existence in their temperaments axiomatically proves the existence of ‘social injustice,’ which must be eliminated for their benefit.” Helmut Schoeck, “Envy: A Theory of Social Behavior,” p. 179
a. Who are the rich that are so envied, and reviled?
Entrepreneurs, small businessmen, corporate executives, doctors, lawyers, just plain Americans…not royalty. The reason to deprive them of rewards with no tangible benefits to oneself: envy.