Commentary
Winston Churchill understood the dark underbelly of what the socialists’ obsession with equality leads to when he said, “The inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” The progressive–socialist–environmentalist left that has taken over the Democratic Party seems intent on making sure that Americans aren’t able to escape or avoid getting their share of misery.
I wrote here recently that the left doesn’t want us to be happy. In too many cases, it goes farther than that. The left seems to believe that innocent, successful, happy Americans deserve an occasional kick in the teeth. It’s almost as if they resent or feel anger toward any American who has attained the good life and is achieving the American dream. The left’s attitude is punitive, as if they believe that innocent people have committed an offense by having such normal desires as wanting to be safe. Misanthropy reigns on the left….