Similarly, the other citations in the article are perfectly coherent examples of shameless corruption, of people twisting a system set up for one thing to their own personal ends, which are quite another. It is not cynicism to point these out, it is cynicism to participate in them in the first place, more cynical still to excuse the behavior under the umbrella of class disadvantage. Theft is wrong, of course, but not if you happen to be able to claim the social status of oppression. No wonder Warren and Churchill claim falsely to be Native Americans, it's worth their time.
A sufficiently strong society can tolerate quite a lot of this sort of nonsense for a very long time, but no society can tolerate it ubiquitously and forever. Using it to tear society down, as certain academics and demagogues are doing, is a tacit admission that they think the EBT payments and the retirement checks are going to continue anyway. Best of luck with that.
If the last 50 years has taught me anything it's to question my own assumptions, especially about others, most especially about the Left. To use a line from a movie, some people just want to see the world burn. Their hatred for Western Civilization has made them insane.