Time was...when people took to the streets with political grievances,
they were perhaps either the idealistic young, or miscreants with fringe causes.
But now even grannies like this author are out demonstrating.
The rallies are peaceful expressions of discontent,
but you have to know we're hacked off enough to be inconvenienced. Why?
What could motivate what Nixon called "the silent majority" to become activists?
That's what the ruling class is wondering.
They should know nothing that sparks anger quicker than being ignored.
Ask any wife whose husband doesn't listen to her.
Today a percentage of Americans in power do not listen to the governed.
The governed are groaning.
Yesterday a long article in the American Spectator defined our predicament.
The author uses the terms "ruling class" and "country class".
The country class ("country" as in "my country tis of Thee") is bowing up.
The ruling class would like to think this is a recent phenomenon.
They would like to attribute a base motivation for our angst.
But this article documents the struggle's roots back through the 20th century.
Here is an excerpt from the article:
"The ruling class's appetite
for deference, power, and perks grows.
The country class disrespects its rulers, wants to curtail their power and reduce their perks. The ruling class wears on its sleeve the view that the rest of Americans are racist, greedy, and above all stupid.
The country class is ever more convinced that our rulers are corrupt, malevolent, and inept.
The rulers want the ruled to shut up and obey.
The ruled want self-governance."
The article is six pages long and if you are like me,
my A.D.D. had to be repeatedly overridden.
But my fascination for the way the author fleshed out the history
of our country's division was WAY worth it.
Please read the article by Angelo M. Codevilla.
I believe he is onto something.
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/07/16/americas-ruling-class-and-the/
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