Walkom: The Art of Reverse Class Resentment
Mar 8th, 2010 | By Collective | Category: Campaigns (incl.) Grassroots, Community Board, LifeBy Thomas Walkom National Affairs Columnist
Class resentment used to be the preserve of the left. That workers were too poor could be blamed on the fact that bosses were too wealthy. If governments needed money, the preferred solution – rhetorically at least – was to make the rich pay.
These old-style resentments encouraged both Marxist economics [...]