Reply #33: Well said [View All]

[Naturyl]

In true Orwellian fashion, the right has reframed the economic reality in America to an absurd degree. The "entitlement mentality" so often blamed on the poor actually exists among the rich and middle class. While the wealthy especially could stand to have their sense of entitlement reduced, you are quite correct in suggesting that the poor could benefit from an increased awareness of just how much they ought to be entitled to as American citizens - and how little of that they are actually getting.

Progressive economic policies made the Democratic party strong in the past. If we had paid more attention to issues of class and less to cultural activism, the Reagan backlash might never have happened.