Yes she's a bit dogmatic sometimes and engages in some broad generalizations. But she's correct in her overall analysis of the class cleavage in American society. To a GenXer, the complete absence of discussion about class in our elections is startling.
But I suppose what should we expect in a country where people who make $50k and people…
Yes she's a bit dogmatic sometimes and engages in some broad generalizations. But she's correct in her overall analysis of the class cleavage in American society. To a GenXer, the complete absence of discussion about class in our elections is startling.
But I suppose what should we expect in a country where people who make $50k and people who make $250k are equally adamant in labeling themselves "middle class".
Liked for the "would convert" comment. Glad to see I'm not alone in that regard.
To be honest, I'm not sure what the right prescription is for the plight of the working class and poor. Despite Trump's bluster, manufacturing jobs are not magically coming back. 1960's style welfare programs don't seem to have done much to stop intergenerational poverty and dysfunction.
Yes she's a bit dogmatic sometimes and engages in some broad generalizations. But she's correct in her overall analysis of the class cleavage in American society. To a GenXer, the complete absence of discussion about class in our elections is startling.
But I suppose what should we expect in a country where people who make $50k and people who make $250k are equally adamant in labeling themselves "middle class".
We should just laugh at those people. Incidentally, I would LOVE to be able to make $50K in a year! I've never made more than $41K in a given year.
I shouldn’t have said she’s wrong about “everything,” because the class divide analysis is accurate. I disagree with her prescriptions, more so.
Still, love Batya. 9/10, would convert.
Liked for the "would convert" comment. Glad to see I'm not alone in that regard.
To be honest, I'm not sure what the right prescription is for the plight of the working class and poor. Despite Trump's bluster, manufacturing jobs are not magically coming back. 1960's style welfare programs don't seem to have done much to stop intergenerational poverty and dysfunction.
Yeah, I think it would take a major cultural shift that would be hard to legislate.
I think Batya is really good at diagnosing the problems in the US, but she is really bad at coming up with solutions.