Perils of Punditry | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: The analysis that Gordon made and Will cited could have been found in any book by Democratic Socialist/Marxists economists Gar Alperovitz or Richard Wollf. I am glad Comrade Will is finally coming around to the obvious. What this history also implies is that FDR essentially short circuited Marxist progress in the 1930s by dropping them in exchange for the acceptance of Social Security and unionization by the plutocrats. Reaga brought the plutocrats back. How far they are back is demonstrated by Thomas Frank, who is probably not going to get any invitations to do a reading at the White House after his next book - at least if Hillary wins. If Bernie wins, however, expect him to be a regular guest.
Kingsley is ignoring the fact that the Sanders campaign is doing quite well in going after Mrs. Clinton - not for her femininity but because she is in that group that Thomas Frank criticizes. His soft playing the racism is the opposition to the President (particularly in the Senate, perhaps?) is unfortunate.
I am not sure what to make of Will, but Kingsley is trying to buy into that hopeful idea that we are a post racial society. He he had more access to libertarian discussion groups, he would not say that.
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