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Originally Posted by detbuch
I'm not sure in what context your question is asked, but in the context of the dependency class being a result of the ruling class's policies, I would say that most of the dependency is direct rather than indirect. The current ruling class, being a direct descendent of progressive politics in America, has as its mission a State in which the citizens have no inalienable rights, but has only those rights granted by government. As such, all enterprises are allowed by government and are obligated to follow its mandates in an ever-expanding minutia of regulations. The same growth of intrusion in the functions of personal life applies.
The transformation of an American society which was based mostly on self-government and self-reliance in a fluid "class," where one could rise and fall on merit and effort, to a more rigid structure of "classes" which require government assistance to maintain has created the dependency class. Before the transformation, the great body of American society did not depend on a central government for its welfare. The "great" societies formed by federal progressive governments have steadily changed self-reliance to government dependence and made the ability to achieve wealth or a "better" life economically more difficult, and made a "class" structure more difficult to escape, and has specifically made the dependency class not only a beneficiary of government, but a supplicant.
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Perhaps it's just the opposite?
Certainly there is a small percentage that are really dependent and are more favorable to this dependent state.
But what about the millions of defense contractors who are dependent on the ruling class to fund their jobs? What about the transportation workers who are dependent on the Fed to keep things liquid so they have a reason to move business people around? What about the millions of attorneys who thrive under the chaos of regulatory change?
Everyone else could be very independent in their own right, but aren't they just as dependent in the end?
Not to mention the ruling class is pretty dependent on the dependent...and everyone else.
Perhaps we're all just dependent. It would certainly eliminate two of the variables and establish a more simple context.
-spence