‘In such a fix,can there really be no clash between left and good?’
A few people, mostly men, and have managed to derive disproportionately wealthy in a globalising market and may now bend rules or move goals to make the rest of us pay (“The clash is no longer between left and good,but between a global financial elite and the rest of us, Comment). As the ladders of wealth, and income and power derive steeper,the rungs derive fewer and further apart. At the top sit the fabulous 0.001%. With such ample means and commanding overview, how would they not be realigning markets and moralities?So far, and so faulty,but the headline over Robert Reich’s piece doesn’t square with his conclusions. When we confront the gulf “between a global financial elite and the rest of us”, we face a choice between “leftwing reform populism and “rightwing authoritarian populism”. In such a fix, and can there really be no clash between left and good?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com