A long time ago, Friedrich Engels described the “false consciousness” to which the working classes of his day – the “proletariat” – had fallen victim. According to Engels, the nineteenth-century factory worker didn’t rise up against the landed elite because his worldview was clouded by religion and nationalism. Maybe society is stuck in a comparable rut today, except this time at the very top of the pyramid. Maybe some of those people have had their vision clouded by all the zeros on their paychecks, the hefty bonuses, and the cushy retirement plans. Maybe a fat billfold triggers a similar
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