On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 20:46:40 +0100 coderman <coderman@gmail.com> wrote:
related:
''' In Stayin’ Alive, his powerful history of the “last days” of the working class, the historian Jefferson Cowie describes how the proud blue-collar identity of previous generations disintegrated during the ’70s. “Liberty has largely been reduced to an ideology that promises economic and cultural refuge from the long arm of the state,”
Yes, that's a good description of what freedom is (the state does include interest groups that are not direct and official part of the state)
he writes, “while seemingly lost to history is the logic that culminated under the New Deal:
new deal = hight point of american fascism.
that genuine freedom could only happen within a context of economic security.”
So, american fascists get to redefine 'true' freedom. Priceless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfSU-VGixjM As working-class solidarity receded, an
identity built on racial tribalism often swept in. ''' - https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/01/white-working-class-pov...
The Atlantic All Hollowed Out
The lonely poverty of America’s white working class Eric Thayer / Reuters Victor Tan Chen Jan 16, 2016 Business