tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post4938286333559521444..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Upstairs Downstairs in the USAUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-30502451807490999142009-10-08T22:21:18.312-04:002009-10-08T22:21:18.312-04:00What about the clergy? Or has the job become comp...What about the clergy? Or has the job become completely, as opposed to partially, irrelevant?Brad Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17381562723928616425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-90895285260847747082009-10-08T12:25:51.490-04:002009-10-08T12:25:51.490-04:00I would definitely put politicians and legislators...I would definitely put politicians and legislators (and dare I say magistrates) into that Professional class that services the Overclass.<br />I don't quite know where I would put the bureaucrats who service the policymakers. Some would definitely belong in the Professional class, others might belong in the Employee class.<br /><br />Washington seems to have produced its own mandarin class built around access to the powerful. That would include lobbyists, lawyers, pundits, and the corporate media.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-85511199974563954092009-10-08T07:36:39.634-04:002009-10-08T07:36:39.634-04:00Cynical, but unhappily accurate.
I would add that...Cynical, but unhappily accurate.<br /><br />I would add that there is within your professional class a governing class, with policymakers at the top and bureaucrats at the bottom (that's probably where I would fit into your scheme). The independence of this group is rather compromised by the necessity, of the policymakers, to get re-elected, a requirement which in our age requires vast amounts of wealth. And who does that come from, and what are the conditions to such largess?rick allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07612435616018593956noreply@blogger.com