Where Are the Working Class Heroes?
“A working class hero is something to be” — John Lennon Dear John,What do you think about a “Working Class Hero” remix? Maybe change the chorus a bit. “A working class hero was something to be…”In the years before your death, compassionate politics focused on the poor and the working class. The politics of today, at least the “compassionate conservative” variety, has cut-and-run from the “War on Poverty,” proclaiming the half-hearted effort a failure. In the new millennium, the “War on the Middle Class” is all the rage.Oddly enough, John, serious people — mostly Art Laffer lovin,’ Ron Paul Republicans — still argue we live in a “classless society,” which means you’re considered a “radical” provocateur of “class warfare” if you talk about class out loud. It’s classy not to talk about class. Apparently, panhandling policies geared toward removing the poor from sight aren’t enough. Now, we don’t want to even hear from poor folk. Today’s motto is: the poor should not be seen, or heard
