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From “The New Class Chasm within the Tradition Wars” by
Batya Ungar-Sargon,
RealClearPolitics.com, April 21:
A tiny elite that advantages politically and economically from portraying its opponents as bigots is utilizing each device at its disposal—social media, liberal legacy media, and government motion—to obfuscate the huge distance between their views and the overwhelming majority of middle- and working-class Individuals with regular views. . . .
Liberals had many main wins prior to now 50 years. There was a time within the not-so-distant previous when common Individuals in both political celebration had little urge for food for interracial marriage, not to mention homosexual rights. However these days are lengthy behind us. So why is the left pretending we’re nonetheless within the midst of those fights? As a result of if you happen to take away the problems that used to divide them from common Individuals and not do, all you’re left with is what now divides them—the big financial, academic, and social capital that sustains the meritocratic liberal elite.
Like so a lot of our tradition wars, this one is about class—and the category chasm separating politicians and pundits and journalists from common Individuals.
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Appeared within the April 22, 2022, print version as ‘Notable & Quotable: Class.’
