Friday, March 16, 2018

"It's an Attempt to Shame the Middle Class"

"By forcing the middle class to divert their attention downward (and within) instead of at the real power players above, Vox and Giridharadas are playing into the Right’s hands. It’s an attempt to shame the middle class—those with some wealth but, relative to the top one or one-tenth of one percent, mere crumbs—to make them shut up about the rich and super rich and, instead, look at those below as a reminder that it could all be much worse

Connor Kilpatrick at Jacobin explains the problem with "privilege."

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