Hhmmmm, maybe the Dumbycrats are smarter than I give them credit for. Maybe I've been wrong that the Dems in the name of environmentalism have prevented oil exploration where it really exists, prevented new refineries and in general done everything possible to get the price of gas to be more like what it is in Europe, did it because they are just stupid. Now, what if they calculated that if the price does reach a certain point, the people will be more than happy to go along with a take over, of "Big Oil", and then maybe "Big Power", and then maybe "Big....
I don't know how Carl Marx thought was the best way to implement his BS, but the Dumbycrats have really worked it out. And they've been sharp enough to have some aces in the hole--otherwise known as RHINOs.