Economic inequality has cemented itself as one of the most prominent features of American politics, There is a lot of discussion about how to share the wealth, “trickle down economics” and the 1% by politicians, the working class, the upper class, and pretty much everyone else in America. It is a common discussion point with regards to the American future and how to fix this problem, but it is rarely talked about in the context of how this dilemma came to be. Reading these excerpts, a lot suddenly made sense about how America got to where it is in terms of a huge wealth gap that is growing every day.
I never would have connected the American Revolution with America’s current economic issues, but it makes sense that the struggle to gain independence from the British was the “forecast of the long history of American politics, the mobilization of lower-class energy by upper-class politicians.” This is still one of the most significant aspects of American economic equality; upper-class politicians sympathize with lower-class citizens and recognize their grievances in order to gain their support, but few of these upper-class leaders actually do anything about the lower class’ struggles. In order to ever overturn this cycle, it is fundamental that some politicians actually reciprocate the lower-class energy and support which they gain.
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