1.0 link 140563 <![CDATA[The Election Seen Through a Class Prism: Why Obama Will be Our Next President]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-lauria/the-election-seen-through_b_140563.html Class is the real "C-word" in America. The pretense is that class is a European thing. The myth is since we cast off a monarchy at independence we are all somehow middle class.

Of course nothing is further from the truth. It is in the interest of the class that rules to keep that pretense going. But there are times when the charade crumbles. We are living through one of those times now.

The economic collapse has exposed the fault lines...

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