#rsrh Discussion topic: Socialism is the economic apotheosis of mooching.

And that’s why our celebrities tend to flirt with socialism; it’s because celebrity is linked with various art forms in modern Western civilization, and artists are stereotypically accomplished moochers*.  It’s easy to rationalize following an economic philosophy that is fundamentally respectful of something that you’re good at.

Discuss.

Moe Lane

*I speak from personal experience as an English major: they didn’t teach you in class how to find parties where free food and drink could be found, but only because everybody already knew how.