Irreconcilable Differences (Good Read)

The Zman Blog ^ | 9/18/2015 | Zman

[mojito]

...There’s a huge chasm between the ruling class of American society and those over whom they rule. It’s not simply a disagreement over the direction of society. In many respects, the duty of the ruling class is to guide their subjects to the right policies. In a sane society, the people in charge are smarter and more knowledgeable so they better be more right than the masses.

No, the dispute today is over the nature of society and it is an irreconcilable dispute. The ruling class of today imagines a world that does not include a thriving, rambunctious middle class that participates in the decision making. They imagine a world that looks a lot like feudalism, where the people are kept, like pets or farm animals. It’s a world that cannot accommodate the English speaking world’s idea of a citizen.

The choice before us is a simple one. Either the ruling class gets a new people or the people get a new ruling class.

[mojito]

Spot on. Worth reading the whole thing.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Bump for later.

[Jacquerie]

<>Either the ruling class gets a new people or the people get a new ruling class.<>

That speaks to a nation of men and not laws.

[basil]

I agree…..

[skeeter]

You’re right, it’s worth the read.

[mojito]

That speaks to a nation of men and not laws.

One of the consistent themes of this blog is the growing lawlessness of the elite political class. The abandonment of the obligation to defend of our national border is only part of that, but a fundamental part.

[Grampa Dave]

Ping to an excellent article.

[PistolPaknMama]

bump for later

[Jacquerie]

Well gee, another column or blog on how ‘effed up DC is and how there is no solution.

I disagree.

[fhayek]

Nice. I like the MLK reference. Okay, Trump is not MLK. But he plays a similar role. We conservatives have played by the rules. We supported McCain and Romney. We elected a GOP House and Senate. We formed a peaceful, polite, law-abiding Tea Party to demonstrate our frustration. The GOP elite tosses us bones with precious little meat on them. We need someone to go into the temple and smash the tables of the money lenders. Maybe Walker or Cruz. Probably not Carson and Fiorina. We need an a$$hole. We need OUR a$$hole. That man is Donald J. Trump.

[Grampa Dave]

Excellent article. This has become part of my tagline:

Either the ruling class gets a new people or the people get a new ruling class.

[sauropod]

bfl

[Lake Living]

As Bugs Bunny famously said, “I hope you know this means war.”

[Grampa Dave]

A lot of us heeding Bug’s warning!

[Terry L Smith]

One time before in Colonial American history, the ‘royal governors’ and their families, and ‘staff’, were visited at the stroke of midnight, and removed from their domiciles, lock stock and barrel, to places unknown, and never seen again.

Y’all might want to take note of that, for future noodlin’.

[Sir Napsalot]

Alexis de Tocqueville. The more I read his words, the more I marvel at today’s so-called intellectual elites.

[ConservingFreedom]

Either the ruling class gets a new people or the people get a new ruling class. The ruling class, to their credit, have figured this out a long time ago. Mark Zuckerburglar is not spending millions to thwart reform efforts because he is a greed-head. It is an article of faith among the billionaire class that their survival depends on ending the concept of citizenship and that’s best achieved with open borders and mass migration.

Amen!

[ConservingFreedom]

how there is no solution.

That's not what it says.

[ConservingFreedom]

Worth reading the whole thing.

Why didn't you post the whole thing?

[Jacquerie]

I must have glossed over the proffered solution. What is it?