Part of the gap is money, shown by increased income and asset inequality.
And we do not and will not solicit you we neither need nor accept money.Ĭarlson, in his Introduction, recites a familiar litany, of the evisceration of the middle class and the emergence of the new class system, where there is a great gulf set between the ruling class and the mass of Americans. If you subscribe will get a notification of all new writings by email.
In these days of massive censorship, this is wise, even if you normally consume The Worthy House on some other platform. You can subscribe to writings published in The Worthy House. In Greek myth, when you sow the earth with dragon’s teeth, you get fierce warriors today, when you harrow the disempowered with rakes, you get Trump. Carlson’s thoughts on Trump, however, are no more original than the rest of the book, the basic conclusion of which is that actions have consequences, and Trump is a natural consequence of the actions taken by our ruling class. As with most current political books, Donald Trump appears often, not as himself, but as a phenomenon, whose rise deserves and requires explanation, and who therefore implicitly frames the book, though the author stops mentioning him about halfway through. That’s not to say it’s bad: Carlson is highly intelligent and well informed, and his book is extremely well written, clever, funny, and compelling. Not a word in this book is truly original. Which, after a while, reinforces the reader’s conclusion that there is no other solution. What this book fails to offer, though, just like all these books, is any kind of possible other solution. I certainly agree, and I also tend to agree with the grim prognostication in the subtitle, that revolution is coming-that is, this will end in blood. However it is characterized, as the professional-management elite, the Front Row Kids, or one of many other labels, all these books argue the ruling class is running our country into the ground, and most argue it is stupid and annoying to boot. Ship of Fools extends the recent run of books that attack the American ruling class as decayed and awful.
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