Essays in Idleness

The chief advantage of socialism, and of every other “popular” and “progressive” ideal (these are terms of art), is that they destroy wealth, both individually, among all working and investing individuals, and at large. This must be qualified, however, for the much-diminished aggregate of all remaining wealth is consolidated in an “elite” ruling class. Alas, in places like Venezuela and Cuba, these people may then also lose their wealth, come the genuine revolution, or an invasion.

It is good that the people do not become too rich. This spoils them. We should all know what happens when people become spoilt. Excess money, especially in a post-Christian culture where there are few examples or mechanisms for giving it away to the poor, or building beautiful temples and monuments, leads to liberalism and immorality. Reckless spending is the only option the rich person has left. We see this immediately in our media and Internet: thousands of brutally obscene suggestions for how to waste a bit more money, or accumulate cash for an explosive bust.

With impoverishment, on the other hand, the people must work harder and ever more pointlessly, without hope of getting a reward. They do not have the time to indulge in colosally stupid, unphilosophical thoughts, such as “equality.” Everyone has anyway become more equal; equally hungry, and equally slipping into despair. We should all be pleased to see the Canadian economy, for instance, slumping under the misrulership of the Liberal Party. It gives us so many reasons to indulge our hatred for Donald Trump. For we can now see that everything he does makes the American citizen richer; and that inevitably means, richer than me. He is disequalizing.

And he is just so crass.

But don’t panic. All is secretly very well. Trump has been governing by Presidential Decree, without reliable support from Congress. His Republican Party is cowardly, about doing those controversial things, that would secure change. So everything Trumpian will evaporate when he is gone, and we’ll be back to “business as usual.”