Be all that as it may, one group is uniformly very Liberal–I will use that word because I like them–and I just keep my mouth shut when they discuss politics.
But I was thinking just now what I would say if I were asked to justify myself, and I think the simplest formulation is this:
1. Leftists in general assume the very worst of “capitalists”, that they are greedy, mean, power hungry and corrupt.
2. Logically, this means they accept the presence of evil in the world.
3. The power of money is relative, whereas political power can be made absolute. Money influences, police power dictates directly.
4. There is no logical reason to conclude that government workers cannot be greedy. If humans can be evil, and government workers are human, then government workers can be evil. Indeed, the history of corrupt rulers using their power to enrich themselves at the expense of everyone else is the story of history, at least UNTIL the rise of “Capitalism” (free markets, enforceable contract law, and the protection of private property).
5. Given this, the power of the State should be of more immediate concern than limiting the power of money.
6. Increasing the power of the State to limit the power of money is precisely the wrong direction, since the money is not disappearing–the influence is still there, merely at a higher price–and the police power is increasing.
7. Given that “Capitalism” so called is the only historically effective antidote to people enriching themselves through the abuse of government, through direct violence, and through generalized conquest, Capitalism, so called, should be lauded, and not opposed.
8. Only Republicans, currently, even talk about this, and the Democrats have more or less openly embraced not just cradle to grave protection, but the concomitant, which is cradle to grave CONTROL of all of us.
9. Given the possibility of evil, direct control of our lives should be feared and rejected.
10. Ergo, no sane person who values their freedom should consider voting for any Democrat for moment, even if they also don’t like the Republican, which can and probably in many cases should be the case.
Something like this. But nobody really even attempts to speak this clearly any more, although I must say I do really like the work Dennis Prager has done and continues to do.