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(5,770 posts)...there is certainly a strong element of truth to it.
On the other hand the masses of the people are, in turn, working to protect themselves and to limit the plutocracy. The resulting conflict is "politics", not business. One group may have fears we are moving toward "totalitarian communism", while the other group may have fears we are moving towards "totalitarian fascism". Both can, and do, make the "slippery slope" argument.
The truth is that we must always act politically on a playing field that isn't at either extreme but can be imaginatively, and (IMHO) unrealistically, be conceived as sliding towards a complete victory for one or the other extreme. We are always taking action on a slippery slope, but we are never actually sliding down.
Fear of the "slippery slope" is not always a good rational for rejecting limited, reasonable policies that make good sense in the muddle of the here and now.