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"The erosion of upward mobility threatens a deepening conflict between the middle orders and the elites. It also threatens the future of liberal democracy. A strong landowning middle order has been essential in democracies from ancient Athens and the Roman and Dutch Republics to contemporary Europe, North America, and Australia."
Headline Rhymes
Views on the news, delivered so smooth.
The kids used to rock 'n' roll
Now they badger and scold
Tell us cross-pollination
Is "in-appropriation"
It's the making of a music black hole
Quillette
comes alive! Veteran actor Greg Ellis has come on board to produce narrated versions of some of our readers' favourite
Quillette
articles.
This week Greg reads
The Public Humiliation Diet
, Toby Young’s account of losing five positions after being targeted by a Twitter outrage mob at the beginning of 2018. It was originally published on July 23, 2018.