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Looking up while stepping on

George Packer explained to Americans why they were too stupid for their Democracy. Then Rush Limbaugh, who seems to read The New Yorker religiously, agreed. Which made George respond without actually responding. By quoting obscure historians who died 40 years ago.

All that is absolutely irrelevant. Except to wonder, how apt that quote of Richard Hofstadter is in another context.

One of the primary tests of the mood of a society at any given time is whether its comfortable people tend to identify, psychologically, with the power and achievements of the very successful or with the needs and sufferings of the underprivileged. In a large and striking measure the Progressive agitations turned the human sympathies of the people downward rather than upward in the social scale.

P Sainath detailed the context here. That the largest media house in the country banned admission of the existence of underprivileged is an astonishing case for political and social analysis.

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5 Responses to “Looking up while stepping on”

  1. Navin Says:
    March 11th, 2010 at 4:45 am

    I thought you weren’t keen on blogging anymore. Welcome back. Was the long hiatus intended to drive away the flies and resume blogging in relative anonymity? RSS feeds from your blog are all springing back to life, you know :)

  2. Nilu Says:
    March 11th, 2010 at 5:18 am

    Athellam pogattum, when are you playing that match with Gasquet Fan? Atha mothalla sollu.

  3. Navin Says:
    March 11th, 2010 at 9:29 am

    Not sure. Have moved to Bangalore this past week courtesy a job change. So if he’s here, I’ll get a set in with him. I dont know how he plays, but something tells me he’ll kick my ass black and blue. Naan ellam blog le daan peter viduven, court le ellam givvup wonly :)

  4. Gasquetfan Says:
    March 15th, 2010 at 5:33 am

    if winning was so important, would I be gasquetfan? I just want to show off my single handed backhand. I come to bangalore and let you know :)

  5. Nilu Says:
    March 15th, 2010 at 6:02 am

    eppoda Bangalore pona?

    By the way, I thought you had a hot type gf. Or that’s what Kabby told me. I think :D

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