The Anti-Capitalist Gets Some Capital

We all know the old saying, “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.”
With this week’s news reported by Red Herring that Ariana Huffington’s blog just got $5 million in VC money, the new twist on that phrase should be, “Don’t feed the mouth that is about to bite your hand again!” Huffington’s blog takes me back to the 1960s with all of its anti-business, anti-capitalism vitriol.
If you don’t believe me, try this. I entered “free market” in the search engine at her site. Here is a quote from the second non-sponsor quote that came up:

Sir Keith Joseph, the father of Thatcherism whose free market principles are still followed to some extent by Tony Blair, had a form of autism that is reflected in his political philosophy, a psychiatrist believes. The former Conservative education secretary, who was Mrs Thatcher’s mentor in the 1970s and 1980s, had Asperger’s syndrome, a condition that renders sufferers unable to interpret social situations or to empathise with other people….

That’s right, the belief in free markets is the result of a mental illness. You can all play along at home. Just put in a phrase in her search engine and see what comes up, especially under the blog listings.
But what the heck. If it is a free market, I guess those investors can put money where ever they think they can make a return. Right? Oh wait — there is that nagging issue of integrity, isn’t there.