In my opinion, the writer's analysis overlooks important aspects of the social & political context in both the United States & Russia. Part of that context is a failure to realize the absurdity of even making equality of achievement a goal is any society advanced enough to have developed an economy based upon a division of labor.
The central problem of the past 100 years has not been the greed of some; rather the mass incitation of many by demagogues, bent upon exploiting the baser elements of the human personality.
William Flax
Right. The demagogues, AKA Fabian Progressive Socialists, say the "right" things and use the "right" titles in their proposals to deceive the naivety of well-meaning do-gooders. They don't care about what they say or propose except that it furthers the Collectivist State power they lust for.
Once again, you have summarized the article into one sentence. Many thanks.