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Small correction:
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Socialism is SOLD on the idea of making all people equal.

In practice, socialist nations somehow manage to preserve a wealthy elite rulership that seems to be a hell of a lot more equal than the others.

You can bet a lot that if we do end up with drastic restrictions on our lifestyle due to government crackdowns on emissions, that somehow the elite will still manage to fly around the world in private jets, own multiple homes, and generally use up about fifty times as much fuel as the rest of us do. The nomenklatura never seem to miss a meal, or suffer inconvenience with the rest of us.

Call me when Al Gore starts driving an electric car to his appearances.

Existential equality, or egalitarianism, should never be confused with the virtuous goal of equality before an objective set of laws.

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