Letters to the Editor
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A Marxist Idea
Kristol is totally off the mark here, but strangely enough Obama did echo a Marxist idea, one which I agree with. That is, the source of most social coflict is economic. People who have food on the table and enough money in their pockets to live comfortably can learn to get along with others. The anti-Obama statement Joan Walsh made that the black upper class has more in common with the white upper class then poor blacks only proves the point. Unfortuantely the working class in this country has suffered for the last 40 years under presidents that favored corporate wealth over individual needs, and Carter and Clinton are certainly part of that. As Obama stated, this makes them more tenecious and afraid of changes that would make our society more inclusive.