A fellow named Chris Arnade puts out a newsletter documenting his foot travels through American cities in the northeast in which he sometimes refers to himself and others further on up the socio-economic ladder as the Front Row, creating a rather handy and ( I think ) accurate dividing line between the lower middle class, working class a…
A fellow named Chris Arnade puts out a newsletter documenting his foot travels through American cities in the northeast in which he sometimes refers to himself and others further on up the socio-economic ladder as the Front Row, creating a rather handy and ( I think ) accurate dividing line between the lower middle class, working class and poor, and the upper middle, professional, moneyed and elite classes that make up our society.
Looking at the names and organizations in the open letter Charlie posted this morning, the list of signatories looks like it's somewhere on the near flank of Front Row, Center territory.
And as a working class blue collar guy sitting in some undesignated row a lot further back, I just want to say that although it wouldn't be of much weight, I'd be proud to add my name to that list if I could.
I see as I write this that some criticism has apparently already been offered..." Well intentioned, but...".
And this is in some ways no doubt true. But the letter spoken of here is not nothing. And what we've gotten from the Congress, the Biden administration, and the Democrats in the way of concrete, tangible results on the protection of voting rights and the liberal democracy those rights protect and preserve, is nothing but a whole lot of nothing.
It's a pretty simple equation for me:
voting rights kaput = pretty much everything else that matters kaput.
A fellow named Chris Arnade puts out a newsletter documenting his foot travels through American cities in the northeast in which he sometimes refers to himself and others further on up the socio-economic ladder as the Front Row, creating a rather handy and ( I think ) accurate dividing line between the lower middle class, working class and poor, and the upper middle, professional, moneyed and elite classes that make up our society.
Looking at the names and organizations in the open letter Charlie posted this morning, the list of signatories looks like it's somewhere on the near flank of Front Row, Center territory.
And as a working class blue collar guy sitting in some undesignated row a lot further back, I just want to say that although it wouldn't be of much weight, I'd be proud to add my name to that list if I could.
I see as I write this that some criticism has apparently already been offered..." Well intentioned, but...".
And this is in some ways no doubt true. But the letter spoken of here is not nothing. And what we've gotten from the Congress, the Biden administration, and the Democrats in the way of concrete, tangible results on the protection of voting rights and the liberal democracy those rights protect and preserve, is nothing but a whole lot of nothing.
It's a pretty simple equation for me:
voting rights kaput = pretty much everything else that matters kaput.
Where do I sign?