Marcus, back in the '70's (or thereabouts) , a couple of commie-*** Columbia professors wrote a "strategy paper" on how to destroy capitalism. Their recommendation was to exploit the humanitarian sentiments of our capitalistic society for that very purpose. One idea was that every citizen who was theoretically entitled, based on the current law, to some form of state-assistance should be encouraged to DEMAND it. At that time, many people looked at welfare as a "last resort," and, out of a sense of personal pride, would seek every other available means of solving their problems before applying for welfare.
Then groups like Acorn began to sprout up, actively seeking out potential welfare recipients and striving to convince them that they should demand that their "right" to welfare be honored. The idea was that since they were "entitled" to welfare assistance, they were therefore morally obliged to "demand" it, for the sake of their families, if not themselves. Most of these advocates were well-intentioned people (perhaps the kind of tools Lenin had in mind when he spoke of "useful idiots") with no ideological agenda to fulfill, and opposition to capitalism wasn't their personal motive for doing the volunteer work. It didn't take that long for the entire system to break down, and NYC declared bankruptcy.
I sense a similiar attitude in the move to abolish the death penalty. Abolitionists insist that every conceivable delay and expensive procedural maneuver to which a confessed murdered is theoretically "entitled" should be demanded. Guilt of the accused is strictly irrelevant to them. They are not encouraging and financing these endless appeals out of concern that the prisoners for whom they act are innocent. It fact, they almost always know otherwise, i.e., that the convict is guilty. Their underlying motivation is simply to destroy "the system," by any means and at virtually any cost.
After making virtually superhuman efforts to foment excessive costs and delays, they argue that the whole process is too cumbersome and expensive to be maintained, and should be abandoned. Like any group of ideologues, they find it very useful and self-satisfying to condemn any opposition to their agenda as "montrous" or "barbaric," too, of course. If you ask the Acorn types, anyone who would question the efficiency of, or point out the waste inherent in, the welfare system wants innocent babies to starve to death. Likewise, any questioning of the tactics of the abolitionists proves that you are, essentially, a barbaric murderer.
