https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/05/war-of-the-capitalists/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 22:54:50 -0400<![CDATA[Reading Kathryn Lopez&#8217;s interview of Byron York this morning on the occasion of the publication of York&#8217;s new book (The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy) I was struck by what a strange world we are now living in. When I was a kid, the left was run by socialists of various stripes. (I am just now writing about my early attendance at meetings of the Trotskyite dominated Student Peace Union for my own book.) The left is now led by mega-capitalists like George Soros and relatively smalltime capitalists like Al Franken. Socialism is the new homosexuality in that its name is not spoken. But in this case I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s because many of its adherents are actually secretly practicing socialists. There may be a handful of Marranos of the left, but Soros et al seem to be flat-out practicing capitalists with no intention of going back to Marx in any of his iterations. Socialism has disappeared as a rallying point, replaced by a kind of know-nothing pacifism (I guess that&#8217;s what it is, but it&#8217;s hard to make it out.)]]>Tue, 05 Apr 2005 10:04:37 -0400<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2005/04/05/war-of-the-capitalists-n207610