TheFatBigot Opines: The capitalist anti-capitalists.
The FatBigot (is he as unfat as he is unbigoted, I idly wonder) has nailed the leftist media for their sympathetic coverage of the idiots making asses of themselves on London's streets yesterday.
You see, there is a bizarre parallel universe in which socialism is the epitome of virtue despite every example of socialism in action being an object lesson in social repression and economic misery. But there's a book, a few books actually, in which the theory is set out in a way some find convincing. Others have not read any of the books but have been persuaded by summaries of those books' conclusions into believing it really can provide material comfort for all with absolutely no downside. The effect is hypnotic. Facts and practicalities have nothing to do with it. If the facts don't fit the theory it is because the facts are a tissue of lies spun by a cabal of wicked capitalist liars. Or it is because they are not true facts, true facts will only emerge once real socialism has been put into practice. All previous attempts at applying socialist theory have failed only because they were not implemented properly. This is how they think, or at least how they express themselves. It is pure, unbridled, fundamentalist religion. There is no difference between the millions killed on the orders of Stalin and Mao and the (so far) thousands killed in the name of radical Islam.
My favourite moment in my career in student politics was when a socially-inadequate Trot announced in a student union meeting – to general laughter – that there could be "no real sex until there was real socialism." I remember observing that it was certainly one theory as to why he wasn't getting any. Like all good socialist theories, it blamed the wickedness of others for his life's disappointments. At that moment, I realised – like the FatBigot – that Socialism is not a political theory, but a religion. It is The Church of Marx, the Saviour. To the faithful, it is everything. To the sane, it is a joke. To politicians, it is an opportunity to seize more power.
The Last Ditch by Tom Paine 
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