United We Stand, Divided We Fall

[Leopolds Ghost]

1. Welcome to DU!

I agree with you on some points, but there's room for debate on others. I for one consider myself a radical populist because I want little to do with the institutional left. That doesn't mean I wouldn't be considered radical by most of my neighbors, though (and I live in a very liberal community). I think what has to happen is a change in the zeitgeist where radical ideas (and I don't mean the tired old institutional, authoritarian left) are embraced by mainstream folks (and I don't mean the professional and wanna-be professional class 53%ers who feel entitled to run everything simply because they aspire to be rich one day.) I read a really great editorial in the Washington Post (of all places) that encapsulates the sort of class consciousness that Americans should embrace. It really is the great majority of folks against a narrow overclass, with a buffer of highly paid, highly educated information class workers stuck in between and forced to act as a proxy for the resentment of the majority.