American history says no, not by a long shot. Even Wormtongue’s constant, tasteless bashing of the “rich” in favor of the “poor” is nothing new. Although I expect when he says rich he really means the upper-middle class which he’d like to tax into oblivion and not the Democrat’s billionaire pal George Soros.
“The clash of rich and poor has been a constant theme of American history since the Revolution, and was integral to the framing of the Constitution. For the Founders, the ‘haves and have-nots’ were the two most important ‘factions’ that in the Constitutional order would check and balance one another so that neither could threaten the freedom of the other…
“Rather than fret over partisan rhetoric, we should focus on restoring the Constitutional vision of limited government so we can slow the growth of the federal Leviathan whose ruinous costs and encroaching power are the real danger.”
From the comments: “What is unique is the near-monopoly which one party has on the traditional news media of the day. That is what is unprecedented in US history—and infinitely more dangerous than any arguments about ideas and principles.”
Two viewpoints you really can’t emphasize too often these days.
Via Instapundit.
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