"It is ironic that people of modest means sometimes become conservative out of a scarcity fear bred by the very capitalist system they support."

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Economists have provided capitalists with a comforting concept called the "free market." It does not describe any part of reality, at any place or time. It's a mantra conveniently invoked when it is proposed that government do something the faithful don't like, and just as conveniently ignored whenever they want government to do something for them.

— Edward S. Herman