Conservatives have one hammer for every nail: the free market. The invisible hand always does better than government. Deregulation is always good. (There are three exceptions to this with many conservatives: free trade is bad, army is unlimited good, fossil fuels must be subsidized).
That's what leads to such statements. It doesn't matter how ridiculous a corner they will paint themselves into. They can deny that basic supply and demand exists. When backed into a corner they just exclaim "socialism doesn't work! Look at USSR!"
(And then together with neocons proceed to sanction and undermine more regimes to make sure they are right.)
It's kind of a religious conviction. Capitalism is the unofficial religion of the USA the same as Islam is in Saudi Arabia. Don't believe me? Try to say publicly that capitalism has faults and your criticism of capitalism itself would be instantly deflected to something else, or else you will be quickly ostracized.
This religion will soon come up against the hard facts of automation causing demand for human labor to drop, undermining the conviction that wages will always be the primary way for people to get money.
That's what leads to such statements. It doesn't matter how ridiculous a corner they will paint themselves into. They can deny that basic supply and demand exists. When backed into a corner they just exclaim "socialism doesn't work! Look at USSR!"
(And then together with neocons proceed to sanction and undermine more regimes to make sure they are right.)
It's kind of a religious conviction. Capitalism is the unofficial religion of the USA the same as Islam is in Saudi Arabia. Don't believe me? Try to say publicly that capitalism has faults and your criticism of capitalism itself would be instantly deflected to something else, or else you will be quickly ostracized.
This religion will soon come up against the hard facts of automation causing demand for human labor to drop, undermining the conviction that wages will always be the primary way for people to get money.