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July 12, 2010
Peasants, Gentlemen, and Varlets
Unqualified Reservations: Actual letter to a liberal friend
There are three basic attitudes toward government in America today. There are people who believe government is there to serve them; there are people who believe government is there to serve others; there are people who believe government is there to subsidize them. In our medieval metaphor, these correspond to peasants, gentlemen, and varlets respectively. The last is the caste Marx called the "lumpenproletariat" - and he was no fan of this group, or of political movements that exploited it. Respectable people say "underclass."
Posted by Vanderleun at July 12, 2010 12:33 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.