Posted on 02/15/2016 5:53:49 PM PST by MtnClimber
Neither Trump nor Sanders started the nation's current class war-the biggest fight over class since the New Deal-but both candidates, as different as they are, have benefited.
Class is back. Arguably, for the first time since the New Deal, class is the dominant political issue. Virtually every candidate has tried appealing to class concerns, particularly those in the stressed middle- and lower-income groups. But the clear beneficiaries have been Trump on the right and Sanders on the left.
Class has risen to prominence as the prospects for middle- and working-class Americans have declined. Even amidst a recovery, most Americans remain pessimistic about their future prospects, and, even more seriously, doubt a bright future (PDF) for the next generation. Most show little confidence in the federal government, although many look for succor from that very source.
To understand class in America today, one has to look beyond such memes as "the one percent" or even the concept of "working families." As Marx understood in the 19th century, classes are often fragmented, with even the rich and powerful divided by their economic interest and world view. In our complex 21st-century politics, there's a big divergence among everyone from the oligarchic classes to those who inhabit, or fear they will soon inhabit, the economic basement.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
Class warfare, the weapon of the left. The extermination of class enemies often follows. About 100-150 million class enemies killed by their own leftist governments in the last century.
McConnell will cave and give Obama his foreign born SC Judge.
Don’t understand your comment.
Is there some controversy that Loretta Lynch wasn’t born in Greensboro, North Carolina?
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These Marxists can’t see anything but class warfare. It’s about culture and freedom, not class. We should not get sucked in to their discussion based on their false premise.
0bama’s guiding principles were defined by Saul Alynski who said radicals should “rub raw perceived injustices”. So he invents injustices and rubs them raw....the 1%, war on women, black lives matter, police brutality, illegal immigrants vs citizens, islam against Christianity. Bet I missed some too.
The article is confused. It lumps in the upper 10% of households with the ‘middle class’, to which they are actually opposed. These are the establishment that the real middle class is revolting against.
The biggest lie in the article: “Even amidst a recovery, most Americans remain pessimistic about their future prospects, and, even more seriously, doubt a bright future.”
My comment showed up on wrong thread disregard..
My comment showed up on wrong thread disregard..
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