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Thursday, October 11, 2007

America and Class Differences

Over the past two decades, a growing share of the public has come to the view that American society is divided into two groups, the "haves" and the "have-nots." Today, Americans are split evenly on the two-class question with as many saying the country is divided along economic lines as say this is not the case (48% each). In sharp contrast, in 1988, 71% rejected this notion, while just 26% saw a divided nation.

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An understanding of the class nature of society is, of course, an important pre-requisite for socialist understanding.

(Hat tip: Lew)

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