Mencken, Puritans, and modern Leftists

H. L. Mencken once said, deridingly, “A Puritan is someone who is desperately afraid that, somewhere, someone might be having a good time.” It is not hard to imagine modern-day Leftists saying the same thing. Yet for all their profession of irreligiosity, the Leftists do have a religion of their own. Substitute “Leftist” for “Puritan” and “a lot of money” for “a good time” in Mencken’s quote, and you have a summary of the Leftists’ religious zeal to tax “the wealthy”.

There is an exceptive clause, though, that need to be added: “except if his or her name is Warren Buffet, George Soros, Teresa Heinz, or John Kerry.”