On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 20:46:40 +0100
coderman <coder...@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-poverty/424341/
>
> The Atlantic
> All Hollowed Out
>
> The lonely poverty of America’s white working class
> Eric Thayer / Reuters Victor Tan Chen Jan 16, 2016 Business
>
>
