Rationing societies -vs-production societies-
“We have become a rationing society. Our industries and our people are literally starving in the midst of plenty. Farmers are kept from farming, factories are kept from producing and businessmen are kept from creating new companies and jobs. This is done in the name of a variety of moral arguments, ranging from caring for the less fortunate to saving the planet. But rhetoric is only the lubricant of power. The real goal of power is always power. Consolidating production allows for total control through the moral argument of rationing, whether through resource redistribution or cap and trade.”
“A production society defines achievement in terms of production. A rationing society defines it in terms of control. In a rationing society, it is possible to starve amidst plenty because the rationers would rather see people starve, than lose control over them.”
Greenfield nails down exactly why the productive classes voted Trump.
On a related note-
Leftists suddenly worried about a coup in Venezuela-
American Thinker-
Never let results interfere with your dogma – Modus operandi for the left
Notice also,all of the signatories are lawyers and academics which makes perfect sense.
“..because the rationers would rather see people starve, than lose control over them.”..’
Exactly.