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I don't see how saying these policies are typical of a "class traitor" does any good. For one, the idea that different classes are in competition with each othe
by jeffreyrogers 8y ago
I don't see how saying these policies are typical of a "class traitor" does any good. For one, the idea that different classes are in competition with each other is a very Marxian worldview and whether you buy into that or not depends largely on your pre-rational commitments. For another, even if we accept the inter-class competition worldview, it seems that a different approach is likely to be more fruitful than asking the already successful to be "class traitors". One could, for example, try to show these elites that it is in their self interest to improve the conditions of the lower classes. This has already occurred to some extent in the US as the 2016 election demonstrated, and this book is largely a consequence of the growing realization of the elite that this is the case.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoI sometimes wonder if the improvement in the US middle/lower class from 1940 to 1970 wasn't at least partly because the upper class saw the challenge of Communist ideology, and decided that it was exactly in their self-interest to improve the condition of the lower classes.
- justtopost 8y agoPerhaps they should notice once again... this time hold the Mcarthyism.