The underdog socialist forgets that the real problem isn’t the national debt, but overextended households and businesses. He forgets that fighting poverty is an investment that pays off in spades. And he forgets that, all the while, the bankers and the lawyers are polishing turds at the expense of waste collectors and nurses. Reining in and restraining the opposition, that’s the sole remaining mission of the underdog socialist. Anti-privatization, anti-establishment, anti-austerity.
