“Middle class Americans, like
myself and my fellow seekers, have been raised with the old-time Protestant
expectation that hard work will be rewarded with material comfort and
security,” wrote Barbara Ehrenreich. “This has never been true of the working
class, much of which toils away at wages incommensurate with the effort
required. And now, the sociologists agree, it is increasingly untrue of the
educated middle class that stocks our corporate bureaucracies. As sociologist
Robert Jackall concluded, ‘Success and failure seem to have little to do with
one’s accomplishments.’”
Donald Trump — a liar, a cheat and
a serial bankrupt — is the ultimate example of failing your way to the top of a
thoroughly corrupt system.
If a society is judged by its
fruits, America’s at the potato famine stage.
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