Study: Top Motivation For Hating
Capitalism Isn’t Compassion,
It’s Resentment
The Federalist,
by
Emily Elkins
Original Article
Posted By: M2,
10/1/2019 9:10:57 AM
With the 2020 presidential election around the corner, Democratic presidential hopefuls and lawmakers have put forth bold proposals such as returning the top marginal income tax rate to 70 percent, levying wealth taxes as Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have proposed, or “taxing the hell out of the wealthy” as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio put it.
Others such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claim that capitalism is “irredeemable” and a system that “allows billionaires to exist” is “immoral.” Sanders recently declared he does not think “billionaires should exist.”
Warren went further when she told voters they could attribute frustrations in their lives to the rich and powerful:
Reply 1 - Posted by:
JimJr 10/1/2019 9:18:34 AM (No. 194457)
Socialism is Slavery. Socialism also requires the absolute rejection of the the Ten Commandments.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
PChristopher 10/1/2019 9:21:10 AM (No. 194463)
What? You're just now discovering this? Socialism & Communism are rooted in greed and envy; it's at the very core of their being. If you thought otherwise, you were mistaken.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 10/1/2019 9:21:28 AM (No. 194464)
It's the animating force in the Democrat Party.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Enoch Powell 10/1/2019 9:25:51 AM (No. 194475)
“Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.” - Winston Churchill. I might add no billionaire is taking money from me. They earned it. Bill Gates CREATED millionaires. He created wealth where none was before. These democrats think of the economy in mercantilist or Medieval terms where there is a limited amount of wealth, like land, and the pie must be shared equitably. Nonsense (actually ignorant and stupid).
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
nosillod 10/1/2019 9:40:20 AM (No. 194498)
I had a discussion with a very liberal guy I know and it was clear that he wanted to raise the taxes on
successful people not because he thought it would bring in more revenue but to punish them for being successful. He didn't care that lowering taxes actually brought in more revenue to the government. He resented successful people. Look at Obama and Hillary to see this mentality in full view. They deem only themselves to be worthy of fortunes.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
jacksin5 10/1/2019 9:43:26 AM (No. 194503)
AOC, Sanders, DeBlasio. What exactly have they ever done except get a free ride on the backs of the taxpayers? It's their resentment that they are trying to sell the voters. More control of the producer's wealth means these cheesy politicians will be able to move up from mere millionaire status to the big money.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna 10/1/2019 9:48:09 AM (No. 194510)
Sanders used to hate millionaires until he became one.
Hill-da-beast payed him off for stealing the Dem nomination and he proved that he is as much a whore as most of the money grubbing opportunists on the Left.
BTW---- It's worth noting that Conservatives seldom boast about their pure motives and only ask to be judged by their results. Leftists cling to their supposed good motives while their policies crash and burn resulting in poverty and suffering for millions.......every effing time.
Conservative success is then labeled as despoiling the planet through too much wealth and too much consumption. There is no winning with these slippery, criminals.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Strike3 10/1/2019 9:50:39 AM (No. 194514)
Sufficient proof may be had by observing the Obamas and the Clintons. Now that they are living like the billionaires that they profess to hate, they no longer claim that "some people have made enough money." They LIKE what they have stolen and will continue to steal as long as they are on the wrong side of prison bars. I hope that one of the relatives of Jaws is cruising off the beach at Martha's Vineyard. It would be poetic justice for little Barry to be eaten by a Great WHITE Shark.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
web 10/1/2019 10:54:20 AM (No. 194607)
No kidding. Community organizers don't stir up the nobler passions. They stir up hatred, resentment, and envy of others. That is why we have a generation of poor minorities and young kids who hate the accomplishments of others and demand that we pay for lots of free stuff.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
LadyHen 10/1/2019 11:26:06 AM (No. 194654)
The embedded video of Margaret Thatcher is stellar. She hit the nail on the head in 1990. Envy and jealousy are the true motivation behind Socialism.
That a man can make of himself what he has the ambition to achieve on his own, under his own power with neither hand out nor obligation to the ruling Socialist elite is intolerable to the Left. Our feudal lords declare "Serfs you are and serfs you shall remain!" And the American revolutionary made an unflattering finger gesture and said "Up yours!!"
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
stablemoney 10/1/2019 2:32:08 PM (No. 194828)
The leftists say they don't want billionaires, but they sure like taking jobs and contributions from billionaires. I wonder if they might think that they would have no support or jobs without those billionaires. FYI to leftists, I am not going to give you any money, so maybe review your plans accordingly.
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