"I show that the lower orders often join, and have good reason to join, the conservative cause: in fending off a democratic movement from below, conservatism gives them a taste of lordly power they otherwise would not enjoy."
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At 10:27 AM 2/3/2012, Doug Henwood wrote:
>On Feb 3, 2012, at 7:14 AM, shag carpet bomb wrote:
>
> > He just uses these claims about the lower orders b/c he knows it
> appeals to his audience: liberals who want to know what's the matter with
> Kansas. It doesn't have to be explained if that's your audience. it just
> has to be invoked b/c the audience finds it satisfying *already* to
> believe that they are the smart ones in the room writing the books about
> what's the matter with kansas. Most people reading aren't going to
> question this thesis IOW.
>
>Maybe I'm sensitive to this because Corey's a friend of mine, but where
>the hell did you get this? His audience is not liberals. Corey is not a
>Tom Frank liberal, nor is he much interested in the Kansas question. His
>book is mainly about intellectual history and political philosophy. He's
>not the kind of guy who uses terms like "lower orders." He is interested
>in how men like lording it over their families, and how that mobilizes
>popular support for reactionary politics, but that's not the main focus of
>the book.
>
>Have you read it, or are you just sounding off?
>
>Doug
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