The C Word
Posted: January 31st, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: BIggie Smalls, Castro, class consciousness, class warfare, going Galt, guillotines, Mao, poseurs, Rheta Childe Dorr, social mobility, Stalin | No Comments »Accusations of class warfare are popular these days. Many commentators agree that questioning the size of Wall Street bonuses is Marxist and thus very bad. The logical end result of such class warfare rhetoric—these breathless pundits will tell you—is standing in bread lines. Scowl at billionaires one day, they say, and the next day you’ll be reenacting the Terror.
The National Review likened class warfare to the “politics of personal destruction.” World magazine suggested that the “preaching of class conflict, envy, and resentment” was the undiluted legacy of Stalin, Mao, and Castro. Their writers expressed tremendous concern that the economy would tank because of all this counterproductive talking. Say “soak the rich” enough times and the poor, the bitter and twisted lower classes, would decide to just take a seat and wait for their welfare checks. At the same time, the demoralized rich would feel unappreciated, sulk, and go Galt.