What about the lumpenproletariat in America? I'm originally from Detroit. I've written about what globalization has done to my relatives and those I grew up with. The difference here is that we have less of a safety net than the Europeans. I also wouldn't classify laid-off workers here as "intellectually depraved." I don't think the organization I helped found to give us a voice is "intellectually depraved"-- though surely many would disagree with me. (What people are not reading about here is the true story of what's happening to vast segments of this nation-- the destruction of the American dream. The Underground Literary Alliance wasn't created in a vacuum!)
Well, King, I'm with you when it comes to not classifying laid-off workers as intellectually lazy. My mother spent a half a century of her life in factories - including the Frankford Arsenal during the war - and my grandmother was a factory-worker, too. So I know where you're coming from - though I think the greater threat to America is from the chattering classes than from globalization.
What about the lumpenproletariat in America?
ReplyDeleteI'm originally from Detroit. I've written about what globalization has done to my relatives and those I grew up with.
The difference here is that we have less of a safety net than the Europeans. I also wouldn't classify laid-off workers here as "intellectually depraved." I don't think the organization I helped found to give us a voice is "intellectually depraved"-- though surely many would disagree with me.
(What people are not reading about here is the true story of what's happening to vast segments of this nation-- the destruction of the American dream. The Underground Literary Alliance wasn't created in a vacuum!)
Well, King, I'm with you when it comes to not classifying laid-off workers as intellectually lazy. My mother spent a half a century of her life in factories - including the Frankford Arsenal during the war - and my grandmother was a factory-worker, too. So I know where you're coming from - though I think the greater threat to America is from the chattering classes than from globalization.
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