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I think the purpose of the article was perfectly clear. Arguing against those in the upper middle class that place an inordinate amount of focus on their person
by NeoBasilisk 8y ago
I think the purpose of the article was perfectly clear. Arguing against those in the upper middle class that place an inordinate amount of focus on their personal virtues as the reason for their success.
"Both lines of thinking assert that the lower classes cannot control themselves, so they deserve exactly what they have and nothing more. No need, then, for higher wages or subsidized health care. After all, the poor will just waste it on cigarettes and cheeseburgers."
- jeffreyrogers 8y ago> "Both lines of thinking assert that the lower classes cannot control themselves, so they deserve exactly what they have and nothing more. No need, then, for higher wages or subsidized health care. After all, the poor will just waste it on cigarettes and cheeseburgers." Unfortunately for the author's argument, very few people at SoulCycle hold this view.
- mark212 8y agoI had the same response, though not quite as witty. Don't know who this author is talking to but the folks I know who engage in this exercise-as-morality are quite firmly on the Left. The politicians opposing higher wages and subsidized health care did quite well among the smoking, cheeseburger-eating poor. But Jacobin likes to pretend that anyone that even thought of voting for Hilary in the last election is basically a fascist sellout.