I’m most certainly a progressive. I am now also realizing how small a minority I belong to. And that, rather pessimistically, there is no hope for the change, the revolution, I so desire for equality of opportunity and equality of outcome for everyone. It’s why Marx was wrong, not in his analysis of capitalism, that was spot on, but in his over optimistic view of humanity and its desires. He missed it, too, like so many others – the ‘all people are reasonable like me and want what I want’ bias. It’s like the Stockholm syndrome where, in capitalism, most people, though captive, actually like the wealthy and like being in the middle to the bottom of the economic social order. Everything is someone else’s responsibility, nominally the upper class, and as long as a monthly stipend continues to come in and banks and auto manufacturers continue to extend credit – all is good. The wealthy are the masters.

The question I have for myself is can I wash my hands of it and walk away?