Summary Of Death Of The Liberal Class

In the book called "Death of the Liberal Class," Hedges mentions that the "liberal class" is selling out to the political and the economic powers that are incapable of action. In this manner the liberal class doesn’t offer, at least according to Hedges, any type of options so that the legislative branch then has corporate control and therefore influences uncontrolled forces. Hedge focuses on the main problems in our society, and addresses the failings of the liberal class. This paper will discuss a review of the book called “Death of the Liberal Class” as well as the main arguments, an analysis of the evidence that Hedge considers to be a liberal class, and will evaluate the overall quality of Hedge’s writing and focus on areas of weakness

It is restricted to certain types of legislation, such as the disputes and incremental changes that are conceivable in government. The liberal class sees itself as the heart of the country. It leads us, through its speech, to open ideals and general society greatness. This allows liberals to characterize themselves as decent and respectable individuals. In the interest of the forces in politics, the liberal class serve as ramparts against radical movements by offering a security valve for disappointments and dissatisfaction. Usually this is done by discrediting the individuals who discuss and want to push significant structural change. Once this class loses its social and political part in politics, then democracy would break down and the liberal class then turns into an object of mocking and contempt. This particular book examines the failures of the liberal class, and Hedge does that by arguing that there are five pillars of the liberal establishment. They are the press, liberal religious institutions, labor unions, universities, and the Democratic Party. Each of these categories are more preoccupied with their own status and benefit rather than the equity or even the advancement of the liberal agenda, and as a result these pillars are sell outs toward the constituents that they are

Hedge begins his book by stating that the purpose of writing this book, which is to present the facts that shows to society that the death of the liberal class has happened. He mentions several examples. One example is that President Obama is considered to be one reason for the death of the liberal class. Hedge mentions that Obama is, “the poster child for the new class of corporate mandarins” (142). The reason Hedge considers president Obama to be the death of the liberal class is because of the choice that he has made in supporting the Iraq war and globalization. It soon caused a debate that is considered to be an ideal example of the liberal class. Also Hedge mentions that “But the assault by the corporate state on the democratic state has claimed the liberal class as one of its victims. Corporate power forgot that the liberal class, when it functions, gives legitimacy to the power elite. And reducing the liberal class to courtiers or mandarins, who have nothing to offer but empty rhetoric, shuts off this safety valve and forces discontent to find other outlets that often end in violence” (9). A person who, similar to Clinton, is a self-distinguished liberal, who talks in the conventional dialect of liberalism yet has made war against the center estimations of liberalism, which is a sympathy toward those individuals outside the narrow part of the power elite. What is more to say regarding