re: #77 freetoken

That quote is from a line in the Comments section on Mooney’s essay, not from Mooney himself. But it might be something Mooney would say.

I agree that the atavistic masses are being duped into supporting policies that benefit the few. That really is the bottom line.

The rationale causing the atavism is what Mooney is focused on, the specifics of which are interesting as I had some myself.