We are now told that not only are people entitled to earn great wealth, they must be able to give it all to their children, however deserving. They are entitled to concentrate their wealth, perpetuate it, and give grudgingly little back to the land that made their wealth-creation possible. We can remain unconcerned about the economic forces steadily widening the gap between the rich and poor and squeezing Americans in the middle. America has become a land that worships wealth and by extension, the wealthy. We may pity the poor but we don't want anything to do with them.
Billionaires take heart.
Millions of Americans, it seems, are rushing forward to defend you, and you have at least a 50-50 chance that they'll win this election. It begins the politics of the Haves and Have-nots and concludes with the late twentieth century end of the American middle class, that American dream of equality. That prospect's enough to make a blue billionaire smile and signal the butler for another martini.