Surviving Capitalism (Not) : The dance of the capitalist class on the middle class

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Saturday, March 12, 2016

The dance of the capitalist class on the middle class

by cartoonist Ben Garrison from his website.

To paraphrase a famous quote by Pastor Martin Niemöller, first they came for the working class, now they are going after the middle class (professionals, smaller business proprietors, managers, scientists, teachers, and highly skilled technicians).