“The Revolt Against the Masses”

“The Revolt Against the Masses.” How we got where we are: “… liberalism or progressivism or leftism is ultimately about creating a sense of superiority on the cheap. A suburbanite or someone living in a small town can simply attach the ‘L’ word to himself and instantly feel superior to his fellow citizens.” Barack Obama as the second coming of Woodrow Wilson. Long, but worth the read.

Bonfire of the Absurdities: After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.

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  • In the early to mid 20th century the attention was on the common man. Bokos were written about them, music was composed about them, the common, hard working people were finally getting some attention. The ultra wealthy and the wanna be influential people couldnt tolerate that, so someere in the 40"s, suddenly it wasn't the common man, but the upwardly mobile, the better educated, the more sophisticated who were the ideal. Now its gang bangers and dope dealers. To everything there is a season.

  • Right off the top of my head, and not as a contradiction of anything written or commented (I have not yet read the link), I find that liberalism/socialism is what you force on other people.

    Think about it. Marx writes this gibberish that people are now considering as brilliant. But Marx was not really a contributing member of society. Lenin, Ho, Mao, Che, all of them - they were people whose specialty was destruction of lives and property. They saw themselves, as do Hilary, Obmana, et als, as the people whose responsibility is to get others to live according to the rules of Marx. But not them. Even the Communist Party USA is invested in the stock market.