This article for American Thinker describes the author's theory on why some people who benefit so much from capitalism are the most ardent supporters of socialism. I think the author misses two other key elements: 1) the advocate of socialism believes that economics is a zero-sum game, one can only profit at the expense of another; and 2) once the system is frozen, their place in competition will become secure, e.g., the wealthy, large company, aligned with government, will face security as it will no longer have to face competition and those with pre-existing wealth will maintain that wealth in savings when incomes become equal. There is a third, more radical element that I ascribe to personally, that is, they're idiots.
Very insightful comments about George Soros. A shame they are true, and not about just him.
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