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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoes the 1%-99% dichotomy help to explain or further obfuscate L'Affaire Snowden?
I've not seen much class-based analysis of L'Affaire Snowden and I thought I would put this out there for DU to chew on.
To me, Snowden is a member of the 99%. While he earned a salary substantially above the national median of 50K, he still was a working man, forced to earn his living by the sweat of his brow. The forces of the Washington establishment that oppose Snowden, to me, epitomize the 1%, a rentier class of parasites living off the sweat of others.
I'm interested to hear whether DU believes the 1%-99% dichotomy helps to explain or understand this matter. Or does it further complicate our understanding?
To the extent it is possible, I would love to see the character assassination on both sides kept to a minimum, so that we can consider the class-based ramifications of this matter.
HardTimes99
(2,049 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)All this crap about him caring about our civil liberties came to a head when Obama became POTUS as evidenced by his earlier internet ravings.
HardTimes99
(2,049 posts)about Mr. Snowden. My question went more to whether class-based analysis helps or hinders our understanding of the matter.
But thanks for weighing in.
byeya
(2,842 posts)on the majority to the point of taking away rights clearly granted in the Constitution and lowering the pay and worsening the working conditions of wage earners.
So, I may be wrong, but I use the "1% - 99%" as being interchangeable with the ongoing class war.
I recognize that's it's more than 1% who intentionally side with the Billionaires but they have sold out in hopes of collecting substantial crumbs that have fallen from the plates of the 1%.