
Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution (Tucker Carlson)
The Worthy House (Charles Haywood)
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The Politics of Inequality - A Horizontal Fracture
There is a great gulf set between the ruling class and the mass of americans. This widening, horizontal fracture between mass and elide is reflected in the political parties. The demo s have shifted from a party of the masses to a party focused on ilete concerns such as identity politics,. Carleton recognizes that the common republican talking point that nobody in America is actually poor by historical standards is mostly irrelevant for these purposes. And whatever the causes or rationals, this abandonment the masses by both parties leaves nobody with power representing the non elite.
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