Friday, January 27th, 2012
Stephan: It is not good for a democracy to have strong class tensions; it inherently destabilizes society, and degrades the sense we are all in it together. Yet the trend of rising class tensions is clearly getting worse. Conservatives don't like the discussion of this subject because it points out the extreme disparity between the 1% and the 99%, which they would prefer to go unremarked.
Conflict between rich and poor now eclipses racial strain and friction between immigrants and the native-born as the greatest source of tension in American society, according to a survey released Wednesday.
About two-thirds of Americans now believe there are ‘strong conflicts
