Cain's Iron Fisted Capitalism establishes new American Royalty.

Herman Cain may not end up as a presidential candidate, but he is a fascinating example of conservatism.

There are so many errors in Cain's thinking in the video below, it's would take two blog posts to cover them all. Let's just say that if you base policy on trumped up conspiracy theories and absolute bullshit, the end result would be less than desirable.

Cain can call citizen protests "un-American," if you buy into his self deceptive accusations that unions are behind Occupy Wall Street, or that higher taxes penalize success, or that the wealthy are still job creators like they were to some degree in the past. Each point here is provably wrong, but who cares?

Even if the unions were originally behind the OWS protests, which they weren't, Bob Schieffer rightly asked Cain why that would be bad or anti-American. To Cain, and most conservatives, America is all about capitalism and not the people, their labor or their government. Its an endorsement of corporate royalty.

What's the difference? The picture at the right blatantly displays how corporate money sponsors tea party events. But if organized labor put up a similar sign, or is even suspected of backing an event...outrageous?



What's even more worrisome is Cain's ability to create reasons to justify his insane policies. That's what  Republicans call "leadership," and the rest of us call authoritarian.