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Mark T. Mitchell has been with us before.

He is a dean and professor of government at Patrick Henry College.

His writings include power and purity, the unholy marriage that spawned America's social

justice warriors.

I believe we covered that book last year.

His new book is Plutocratic Socialism,

The Future of Private Property and the Fate of the Middle Class. Our topic today, welcome,

Dean Mitchell. Thank you, Mark. First of all, Mark, your title is wrong because plutocratic socialism. No, socialism is all

about equality and sharing, correct? You would think so, wouldn't you? That just doesn't seem to be

the case. Historically, we see various socialist movements, but as Orwell, so as Dutely pointed out, right,

that it always is the case that some animals seem to be more equal than others. And I think

there is a kind of inner psychology at work in socialist movements that just doesn't allow for the ultimate transition to that splendid

condition of equality ever to be achieved. And I think this title, I'm trying to essentially

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