Outclassed Quotes

“His example illustrates what I would propose as an abiding truth: the only effective antidotes to claims of masculinity are competing claims of masculinity.3”
― Joan C. Williams, Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back

“passion, or else it can burn down everything you’ve worked so hard to build.”
― Joan C. Williams, Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back

“if you view politics as about getting shit done, compromises are part of this particular language game. To quote the leftist organizing guru Marshall Ganz, “You have to know how to arise passions to fuel the fight and then how to cool everyone down so they’ll accept the deal on the table.… You have to control and direct the”
― Joan C. Williams, Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back

“two hours or more each day on politics. Of these people, four out of five say that not one minute of that time is spent on any kind of real political work. It’s all TV shows and podcasts and radio shows and social media and cheering and booing and complaining to friends and family.” Hersh compares the hobbyists to sports fans rooting for the home team. It’s not about organizing victory; it’s about venting, exulting, despairing. Emotion. The Americans who report consuming the most news typically report belonging to zero organizations; 68 percent never attended a single meeting about a community issue. “The population that is informed enough and cares enough about politics to follow the daily news is mostly disengaged from participation in political and community endeavors.”
― Joan C. Williams, Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back

“will require college grads to understand how their values reflect their lives, and their lives reflect their privilege.”
― Joan C. Williams, Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back