The Socialists' Tool
Every year the principle of the sanction of the victim from Ayn Rand becomes more evident as the anti-[fill in the blank] forces work desperately to disassemble Western Civilization. (Number Five says, "No disassemble!")
Today's example come from this post from Roger L. Simon. He suggests that the Left is converting to capitalism:
"So politics today is a battle between capitalist forces with the moveon.orgs of the world acting as cannon fodder for one side. Sure they will be paid off to some extent (e. g. academic tenure) if this quasi-left is victorious, but I doubt to any significant degree. We are in an era when capitalism (the market) has won and the spoils are being divided."No, Roger, I think what you are seeing is the exploitation of capitalism by those who would destroy it, freedoms being subverted by those who cry for diversity, the military getting 'support' from the very people who chase recruiters from college campuses.
These people, in a similar fashion as the terrorists, use the virtue of their victims as a weapon against them. They take the power, freedom and wealth of a capitalist society only to spend those resources to tear down the very structures that gave them such capabilities.
To borrow the motto from Forbes Magazine, capitalism has become the socialists' tool.