The New Class War
In this controversial and groundbreaking new analysis, Michael Lind, one of America’s leading thinkers, debunks the idea that the insurgencies are primarily the result of bigotry, traces how the breakdown of mid-century class compromises between business and labor led to the conflict and reveals the real battle lines. Lind argues that Western democracies must incorporate working-class majorities of all races, ethnicities, and creeds into decision making in politics, the economy, and culture. Only this class compromise can avert a never-ending cycle of clashes between oligarchs and populists and save democracy.
The class war can resolve in one of three ways:
The triumph of the overclass, resulting in a high-tech caste system
The empowerment of populist, resulting in no constructive reforms
A class compromise that provides the working class with real power
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 The New Class War
Chapter 2 Hubs and Heartlands: The Battlegrounds of the New Class War
Chapter 3 World Wars and New Deals
Chapter 4 The Neoliberal Revolution from Above
Chapter 5 The Populist Counterrevolution from Below
Chapter 6 Russian Puppets and Nazis: How the Managerial Elite Demonizes Populist Voters
Chapter 7 The Workerless Paradise: The Inadequacy of Neoliberal Reform
Chapter 8 Countervailing Power: Toward a New Democratic Pluralism
Chapter 9 Making the World Safe for Democratic Pluralism
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes