“The great goal of the backlash is to nurture a cultural class war, and the first step in doing so, as we have seen, is to deny the economic basis of social class. After all, you can hardly deride liberals as society's "elite" or present the GOP as the party of the common man if you acknowledge the existence of the corporate world - the power that creates the nation's real elite, that dominates its real class system, and that wields the Republican Party as its personal political sidearm.”
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Thomas Frank
Thomas Frank, born on March 21, 1965, is a renowned American journalist. His career began at The Washington Post, and later he became a staff writer for The New Yorker. Frank is known for his profound insights into American politics and society, often exploring issues of economic inequality, political corruption, and media ethics in his work. more
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