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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 3754182" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller" target="_blank"> Matt StollerVerified account @matthewstoller</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1046045258646212617" target="_blank">5h5 hours ago</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>3. We think of aristocracy as a bunch of men in whigs and women in petticoats and corsets, a sort of black and white before color TV world. T<strong>hat is not what aristocracy is. Aristocracy is a belief in the moral right of elites to rule and abuse everyone else *for their own good.*</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>5.<strong> Before 1775, Americans lived in an aristocracy.</strong> It wasn't just a set of states with slaves and women without rights. Almost no one had political rights. Children learned social hierarchies of rank before they learned the difference between their left and right hands.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>12. But it goes far beyond Kavanaugh to how DC has been for 40 years. This is my favorite quote from the whole insane Clinton impeachment saga. "[Clinton] came in here and he trashed the place," says WaPost columnist David Broder, "and it's not his place." <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/quinn110298.htm" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/quinn110298.htm …</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>13. <strong>The total contempt for normal people has been a hallmark of Western politics for four decades</strong>. Kavanaugh is just the most obvious signpost. We are now beyond aristocrats pretending to live in a democracy. He just demands what is his. And Trump loved it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>14. Across our culture, from Tim Geithner to Bill Clinton to Brett Kavanaugh to Mark Zuckerberg, we tolerate aristocratic abuse. This was obvious in the financial crisis. Tens of millions of people kicked out of their homes, and yet they were the ones who carried shame.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 3754182, member: 56035"] [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller'] Matt StollerVerified account @matthewstoller[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1046045258646212617']5h5 hours ago[/URL] 3. We think of aristocracy as a bunch of men in whigs and women in petticoats and corsets, a sort of black and white before color TV world. T[B]hat is not what aristocracy is. Aristocracy is a belief in the moral right of elites to rule and abuse everyone else *for their own good.*[/B] 5.[B] Before 1775, Americans lived in an aristocracy.[/B] It wasn't just a set of states with slaves and women without rights. Almost no one had political rights. Children learned social hierarchies of rank before they learned the difference between their left and right hands. 12. But it goes far beyond Kavanaugh to how DC has been for 40 years. This is my favorite quote from the whole insane Clinton impeachment saga. "[Clinton] came in here and he trashed the place," says WaPost columnist David Broder, "and it's not his place." [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/quinn110298.htm']https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/quinn110298.htm …[/URL] 13. [B]The total contempt for normal people has been a hallmark of Western politics for four decades[/B]. Kavanaugh is just the most obvious signpost. We are now beyond aristocrats pretending to live in a democracy. He just demands what is his. And Trump loved it. 14. Across our culture, from Tim Geithner to Bill Clinton to Brett Kavanaugh to Mark Zuckerberg, we tolerate aristocratic abuse. This was obvious in the financial crisis. Tens of millions of people kicked out of their homes, and yet they were the ones who carried shame. [/QUOTE]
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