dagblog - Comments for "Nine Mile Road" http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/nine-mile-road-11087 Comments for "Nine Mile Road" en I would posit that a key http://dagblog.com/comment/128257#comment-128257 <a id="comment-128257"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/nine-mile-road-11087">Nine Mile Road</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I would posit that a key reason they can't see that they're in this together - or that see things through the class war prism - is that Americans are still struggling with the individualism / collectivism binary.  Barth's blog today touches on this, as well as I would say cmaukonen's.  I would also toss out there the idea that there has never been a time when the oligarchs have not had the reins of government.  The only thing that has changed from time to time is the extent to which they were willing to give an inch here or there in order to maintain their grip on the reins (knowing it is easier to rule through the perception of legitimacy than through coercion).</p> </div></div></div> Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:32:12 +0000 Elusive Trope comment 128257 at http://dagblog.com