When I wrote about this issue, last September, I made the argument that The Fearless Fund should be protected and supported partially based on the "slippery slope" argument. I make the case that The Fearless Fund actually reinforces the very same "free market" values that conservatives so insistently claim they want to defend:

https://medium.com/the-point-of-view/the-fearless-fund-is-something-everyone-should-support-acde6d379969