You misunderstand the cookie metaphor. The metaphor is not zero sum, and not about handouts. It's about deliberate diversion of attention, obfuscating the sou

You misunderstand the cookie metaphor. The metaphor is not zero sum, and not about handouts. It's about deliberate diversion of attention, obfuscating the source of inequality to those that experience it. This is something that absolutely happens, both overtly (by endlessly misrepresenting causes of poverty) and covertly (by cultural suppression of socialist ideas). Kind of like your post.