tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post8855784550968517964..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: Who are the undeserving rich?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-72772020388289468332012-01-25T15:52:25.783+00:002012-01-25T15:52:25.783+00:00"The men who Mr Oborne demands are reined in ..."The men who Mr Oborne demands are reined in have no desire for the state..."<br /><br />Au contraire, these people have a very great desire for the State; it's the State that rigs the rules in their favour, it's the State that sets up barriers to entry so as to limit their competitors, it's the State that steps in to print money so as to save them from the consequences of their actions, and so on and so on.<br /><br />They love the State, they're in bed the with State, they are symbiotically entwined with the State; it provides all of their power over others, after all.<br /><br />The way to deal with this is to reduce the power of the State drastically, so that it can't provide a cosy environment for these parasites.<br /><br />Which is pretty much what you say in your last paragraph.<br /><br />Accepted that it amounts to belling the cat, but we have to start by undestanding what we're up againt.Weekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.com