The Right Wing Rationale VIII: Contradictions of Capitalism

How, some may ask, does a right wing rationale supposedly based upon suspicion of earthly pleasures and sexual freedom tolerate the brand of whorehouse capitalism that seems to have proliferated since the onset of the Reagan/Thatcher counter-revolution? How explain a deregulated mass media that has seen the proliferation of Jerry Springers, infomercials, a torrent of advertising such that the 30 minutes supposedly devoted to network national news barely holds onto 17 of those minutes, the concentration of all media—including print media—in the hands of fewer and fewer corporate owners? How explain the availability of cheap foreign made goods facilitating a buying frenzy of shoddy merchandise? Disinvestment in the infrastructure leaving deteriorating mass transit, school buildings, rusting bridges, neglected parks and common areas? How does the right wing manage, at the same time, to tolerate literally unbelievable rewards for CEOs, sports stars and entertainers who live in hedonistic splendor? How explain the proliferation of sexual enterprises running the gamut from Internet porn to Strippers bars peppering the highways and byways of towns large and small? A methamphetamine epidemic in the West? Legalized gambling? Why, it’s as if George Bailey had never lived and old Mr. Potter was allowed to run Bedford Falls!