THE U.K. RIOTS AND THE COMING GLOBAL CLASS WAR
16th August 2011
Joel Kotkin sounds the alarm.
The hardening of class divisions has been building for a generation, first in the West but increasingly in fast-developing countries such as China. The growing chasm between the classes has its roots in globalization, which has taken jobs from blue-collar and now even white-collar employees; technology, which has allowed the fleetest and richest companies and individuals to shift operations at rapid speed to any locale; and the secularization of society, which has undermined the traditional values about work and family that have underpinned grassroots capitalism from its very origins.
August 16th, 2011 at 16:12
The “coming global class war”…hm…seems I remember reading something about that years ago…a guy by the name of…Max? Marts? Wait a minute, I’ll think of it…
You can thank Sam Walton in large part, and those of his ilk. Remember to shout, “But I only wanted a cheap pair of shoes!” as your neighborhood goes up in flames.