The Ruling Class
and an Undeclared Civil War
January 31, 2019
By Steve
McCann
Over
the past 73 years, devoid of any meaningful national misfortune, the American
social order has undergone a major transformation. Historically,
societies tend to stratify themselves along economic or pre-ordained class
lines. The United States has long prided itself on the belief that class
distinctions were no longer a part of a unique American culture. However,
the current social structure has evolved into a near impregnable three-tier
categorization in which the ruling class, that sits astride the social order,
has revealed, thanks to the election of Donald Trump, open and unabashed
disdain for the two lower classes and the unleashing of a radicalized army of
malcontents.
The citizens who provide
the primary labor and resources for the economic engine of the country
constitute the second tier. The third is comprised of those who have been
betrayed by a self-serving education system and are conditioned to be totally
dependent upon a government dominated by the ruling class.
Class
confict just ain't what it used to be. ("Contracturalisation" by Kandukuru Nagarjun)
Unlike any other period
in the nation’s history, one stratum of society, the American elites of the
past half-century, by their control of education, entertainment, the media and
politics, have totally dominated and overwhelmingly and negatively influenced
the culture and national character. They are chiefly responsible for what
it is today.
This American
aristocracy is now entirely made up of those who have no recall or firsthand
experience of the years of adversity prior to 1940. Their entire
point of reference is never-ending affluence and the pursuit of pleasure within
an overall framework of world peace. Yet this assemblage is dominated by
a comparatively few committed ideologues and so-called intellectuals who are
dedicated to permanently altering the economy and American culture. Nonetheless,
they have been very successful in attracting many others by appealing to their
vanity and avarice.
Thus entrance into this
class is not entirely a factor of birth or wealth but rather that of developing
a mindset of superiority similar to the evolution of cliques within a high
school setting. This attitude is further reinforced and promoted in the
incubator that is the college campus, wherein this mindset is further enhanced
by the academic elites waxing eloquent about the failings of the United States
and the ideal of a classless society -- led, of course, by the pre-eminent
class…themselves and their their naïve recruits.
Once having left the
bubble that is the university environment, the majority of these same recruits,
still influenced by their university experience and desirous of maintaining a
standing within the circle, look to the anointed leaders in the mainstream
media, the entertainment industry and politics to set the agenda and
dialog. Further, by being an accepted member of this class it is far
easier to be ushered by the gate-keepers onto the path of making a substantial
living be it in government, academia, Wall Street, the media or a myriad of
non-profit advocacy groups.
To achieve and retain
these benefits, it becomes paramount to retain membership within the
congregation and do their bidding rather than question what the pronouncements
and policies of their titular leaders would do to the culture and well-being of
the country at large. Thus, while proclaiming to be independent thinkers,
no faction in American society is more acquiescent to groupthink and conformity.
The reality is that the
majority of those in the ruling class are mind-numbed eternal adolescents
hell-bent on pushing the boundaries of ethical and moral behavior and viewing
all political and policy issues as a war between their side and their mortal
enemies (those who oppose the transformation of the nation into a socialist
oligarchy, the concomitant erosion of liberty as well as unrestrained personal
behavior). While there are a few comparatively independent thinkers
within the group that do question the over-reaching of a powerful central
government, their opposition is muted and limited to a more gradualist approach
as their concession to remain within the fold.
An all-powerful central
government is vital to maintaining the elite’s power, income base and
pre-eminent class status and must be protected at all cost. In order to
retain their supremacy, the tactics of outright lies, innuendos, and character
assassinations, as well as exploitation of national tragedies to impugn their
adversaries, have been utilized by the foot soldiers in the mainstream media,
the political establshment and the entertainment industry.
The eight years of the
Obama administration rudely awakened a sleeping populace. Many of whom,
also benefiting from the overwhelming economic growth and absence of national
adversity over the past half-century, had consciously chosen to ignore what was
happening to the culture and future well-being of the country. Thus, the
election of Donald Trump was in essence the revenge of the lower classes for
not only the overbearing and condescending attitude of the elites but their
ongoing success in transforming American society and culture.
Faced
with the exposure of their agenda and the real prospect of losing their status
and influence, the disdain toward the lower classes, which had always bubbled
beneath the surface, burst forth in a volcanic eruption of uncontrolled
vitriol, anger and absurdity.
The denizens of the
ruling class unleashed their out of control foot soldiers on the citizenry,
employing the tactics and weapons previously aimed at their political
enemies. Today vast swaths of the American populace, whether they
voted for Trump or not, are indiscriminately accused of being racists,
misogynists, white supremacists, ignoramuses, religious zealots, xenophobes and
malcontents.
Intimidation and threats
of violence are no longer condemned so long as it is directed at those
identified as a threat to the hegemony of the elites. Various social
media platforms are being hijacked and weaponized by the mindless and
radicalized brain-dead army of elite wannabes, the ruling class chooses not to
restrain, in order to terrorize and permanently cower those in the second tier
of society -- the citizens who provide the primary labor and resources for the
economic engine of the country.
There is at present an
undeclared and non-violent civil war being waged in this country. The
underlying factor of any civil war is an elite ruling class desperate to
maintain power at odds with a majority of a population seeking change.
Also prevalent in most civil upheavals is the unleashing, by those
determined to retain power, of the radicalized and ultimately uncontrollable
dogs of war who more often than not devour their sponsors. Both elements
are currently in play.
While the ruling class
publicly obsesses over Donald Trump and denigrates the vast majority of the
population, they have planted the seeds, by their actions, for a takeover of
the country by a radical element that will turn on them as they are presently
doing within the Democratic Party.
The American people must
understand that the current ruling class will not willingly exit the stage or
take on their mercenary army. Donald Trump, while perhaps accomplishing a
significant degree of change, cannot induce their demise. This
threat can only be marginalized through the determined utilization of political
process which will encompass a number of political cycles and the long-term
willingness to not be intimidated or cowed into submission. The future of
the nation as founded is at stake.
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