Excesses

Socialism is in the news today mostly referring to government involvement but there is another side to the issue that lies beneath the surface. Marx feared that capital would enslave labor and for most of history that is what happened. His plan was to foment revolution by pitting one group against another, the old house divided. The industrial revolution along with labor unions and labor laws changed that so the projections by Marx were discredited. The old division of labor and capital was replaced with economic classes but it soon included more than just money and became encapsulated in identity politics which led to good verses evil. The good were represented by minorities like people of color or people with different sexual preferences. The evil were their oppressors. This concept was institutionalized when equal opportunity was replaced with equal results. Where ever inequality exist it is assumed that one group is oppressing another group and they are as helpless as slaves under the masters. The masters are said to be racist, homophobic, xenophobic and other undesirable terms. The goal is an egalitarian society which is always the impetus of the new world order. All men are equal under the law is replaced by all men are equal. In today's world inequality is too extreme but the answer is not to throw out the whole system but to reign in excesses and create new better paying jobs.