American Role Models
Adding some crucial context: 2012 marked an all-time high for corporate profits as median household incomes continue to decline. Some recovery, eh?
Adding some crucial context: 2012 marked an all-time high for corporate profits as median household incomes continue to decline. Some recovery, eh?
But the question remains: if these kids are so mired by student loan debt and poor economic conditions that they cannot even see the game, what does it matter?
Often found texting in the back of any Business 101 classroom, the college conservative is upfront and unapologetic about his severely conservative beliefs. He carries the (feather)weight burden of being an upperclass white male on his shoulders (which, lest you forget, are covered by the fabric of a Ralph Lauren polo) but still finds the time to panegyrize neoliberal economics from the balcony of Daddy’s mansion. He’s insufferable, but like an antibiotic-resistant pathogen, you can never truly be rid of him.
A contentious figure, sure, but Chomsky gets this one absolutely right.
As long as there are people this blatantly bigoted, race will always be an issue.