The Progressive left loves to crouch their terminology in Marxist terms, of a parasitic class with their Bourgeois running-dogs who exploits the Proletarian. Hence, the existence of the Occupy movement who shriek that they are the “99%” and condeming the “1%” despite the fact that they comprise heavily of criminal elements and spoiled rich kids who want to play revolutionary, and are backed by rich and powerful interests. How is that square circled? Simply, those old school Marxist classifications are not the true classes that are being created.
As has been mentioned before, the Progressives increasingly see themselves as an elite who will live in luxury and earn the social right, by providing for the hoi polloi who are dependant on the elite for welfare/largess. In effect, it is a New Feudalism where allegedly meritocratic overlords provide and guide the tabula rasa masses, while in return getting the acquiescence and the vote of the hoi polloi in some type of democratic validation. The life of this dependant class is, in effect, the “Life of Julia.”
Pictured: The Vanguard of the Progressive Movement "Gets Real" with the Poor Unfortunates…
A recent article over at RedState by John Hayward expounds on this”
“There really is a class war in America today, but it’s not between any of these Marxist bumper cars. The three real classes are the Ruling Class, the Dependency Class, and Everyone Else.
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