Josh Eidelson interviews me about the shutdown, default, the Tea Party, and the rot of the American ruling class: “Tea Party’s shutdown lunacy: Avenging the surrender of the South”
Josh and I had nothing to do with the headline.
Posted by: Doug Henwood | October 9, 2013
Me in Salon
Posted in Interview, self-promotion | Tags: default, Interview, ruling class rot, shutdown, Tea Party
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Years ago, my friends used to laugh when I talked of ‘the ruling class’ or ‘the bourgeoisie’. They said, ‘There’s no one there — there’s just a bunch of thieves.’ The strange thing is that the situation has taken so long to surface. I guess it’s another example of ‘There is a great deal of ruin in a nation.’
By: Anarcissie on October 9, 2013
at 10:42 am
Anarcissie, you bring up a great question. Why is it that during a secular bull market people were politically comfortable but once the tide goes out people get significantly angrier? Or was it an immediately post-Cold War thing?
By: isomorphismes on November 12, 2015
at 2:08 am