FOCUS: Thomas Frank | The Blue State Model: How the Democrats Created a "Liberalism of the Rich"
Thomas Frank, Tom Dispatch
Frank writes: "Innovation liberalism is 'a liberalism of the rich.' This doctrine has no patience with the idea that everyone should share in society's wealth. What Massachusetts liberals pine for, by and large, is a more perfect meritocracy - a system where the truly talented get into the right schools and then get to rise through the ranks of society. Unfortunately, however, as the blue-state model makes painfully clear, there is no solidarity in a meritocracy."
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Thomas Frank, Tom Dispatch
Frank writes: "Innovation liberalism is 'a liberalism of the rich.' This doctrine has no patience with the idea that everyone should share in society's wealth. What Massachusetts liberals pine for, by and large, is a more perfect meritocracy - a system where the truly talented get into the right schools and then get to rise through the ranks of society. Unfortunately, however, as the blue-state model makes painfully clear, there is no solidarity in a meritocracy."
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