We've become a Soviet-era joke...

Oleg Atbashian, writing for PJM:

* Liberals believe they’re advancing people’s power — yet they don’t believe people can do anything right without their guidance.
* People can’t do anything right — yet the government bureaucracy can do everything.
* The government bureaucracy can do everything — yet liberals don’t like it when the government takes control of their lives.
* Liberals don’t like it when the government takes control of their lives — yet they vote for programs that increase people’s dependency on the government.
* They vote for programs that increase people’s dependency on the government — yet they believe they’re advancing people’s power.