Me in Salon
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 on October 9, 2013 by Doug Henwood
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.
Category: Interview, self-promotion Tags: default, Interview, ruling class rot, shutdown, Tea Party
LBO News from Doug Henwood
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.’
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?