[LouAvul]

Middle class. Upper middle class. Lower middle class. Those are really vague distinctions. But what has destroyed America is liberalism. And liberals come from all socio-economic levels.

[BenLurkin]

Well said!

[tanknetter]

But what has destroyed America is liberalism. And liberals come from all socio-economic levels.

Yup. If you read the entirety of the article he's actually talking about Upper Middle Class Liberals. Who support all sorts of thing that kill the economy for their economic lessers, but fight like Rottweilers to preserve their turf and benefits.

So basically the old "Volvo Democrat/Champagne Socialist" crowd. But the writer (a self-proclaimed "Conservative") paints with way too broad of a brush and it comes across a straight up class envy/class warfare rather than the more nuanced class + ideology.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I read somewhere a lot of politics today is a war between the Upper Middle Class envious of the Upper Class; war between the 5% vs. the 1%. - C19fan

Middle class. Upper middle class. Lower middle class. Those are really vague distinctions. But what has destroyed America is liberalism. And liberals come from all socio-economic levels.

My own rough formulation is that if you look at the red/blue map on a fine basis, what you see is the inner cities and the toney inner suburbs are blue, and the rest of the country is red. What I see is the well-off wanting to patronize the middle class (and the poor), and the poor (which belongs in scare quotes because in America the “poor” people tend to be fat) being willing to be patronized - and both against the middle class. Always remembering that “red” or “blue” areas are so designated by a majority or perhaps even a plurality of the vote. The trouble we have is that the Republican Party isn’t entirely comfortable being the party of the middle class, and won’t always defend us.