[lbo-talk] A public square

[Joseph Catron]

The first step to radicalizing any portion of the apocryphal "middle
class" will be to convince it that there's no such thing.  As long as
Democratic politicians, union leaders, and other apparati of the
ideological control apparatus keep braying about it like it's their
Holy Grail - and the fictitious "middle class" keeps listening - I
hold out little hope.  (And Chuck, Jim and others can attest to my
historical hatred of the imaginary "middle class," which was as
justified as any hatred of a social construction.)

As a friend and I agreed in conversation earlier:  These days, stupid
kids go to college.  Smart kids become carpenters, electricians,
plumbers, or the like.  (And I'm in the former category, so don't hold
my keen grasp of the obvious against me.)

On 5/22/07, joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:


> I keep hoping that this is a trend that will radicalize the
> professoriate, but I have yet to see any evidence.