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Where to place the blame for the suffering of the working class

By Timothy P. Carney
Published January 9, 2019 4:57am ET
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Where to place the blame for the suffering of the working class
Populism always runs the risk of blaming the suffering of the many too squarely on some perfidious other. Elitism always runs the risk of blaming the suffering of the many too squarely on the perfidy of the many. Conservatism is supposed to stand for individual responsibility, and so conservatives have, historically, veered more toward the […]

Populism always runs the risk of blaming the suffering of the many too squarely on some perfidious other.

Elitism always runs the risk of blaming the suffering of the many too squarely on the perfidy of the many.

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