With a total lack of any perception of how a free economy works.

Notice the ham-handed attempts to manage an economic system, which is about as effective as a botanist attempting to "manage" a rain forest. I was particularly amused by the attempts to stimulate consumption by massive wage increases, something that many Democrats probably think would work here. "I got loads of money. How come the stores are empty?"

America isn't anywhere close to this kind of system, thank God. But it's where we would end up if a lot of people had their way.

And for the record, it is perfectly feasible to use hydroelectric facilities for both power and irrigation, if you know what you're doing.