Viewed in this context, the elites consider liberal democracy and the New Deal to be the aberrations of history, not the norm. And since the term democracy does not even appear in the US Constitution, it is the views of Limbaugh, Phillips, Williams and Buchanan that truly animate them. The monied class has chafed at the unnatural imbalance created by FDR, and is poised to reclaim its natural right. And this brings us full-circle to Warren Buffett and his so-called betrayal of the rich few.
Buffett has shone a light where darkness prevails. He has opened a dialogue on a forbidden subject. But the tax issue is a misdirection. True, the rich believe in meritocracy, and have managed to shed the burdens of the social contract (they will always find ways to shed the burdens of the social contract). The real prize, though, is the power that their money has secured, a return to the natural order of things, and their self-proclaimed right to a permanent share of government.
Cross-posted at: http://corporateconstraint.blogspot.com .
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