I’m a little confused about the article. Where are the liberal “dogmas” that has caused this. It really did not say much except about liberals claiming them to being victims. Is that it?
From the article
An underclass has existed throughout history, which once endured appalling privation. Its spasmodic outbreaks of violence, especially in the early 19th century, frightened the ruling classes.
Its frustrations and passions were kept at bay by force and draconian legal sanctions, foremost among them capital punishment and transportation to the colonies.
Well, spasmodic outbreaks of violence are pretty much consistent throughout history. With the upper class, it’s called war. Or insurrection with the lower classes – this in a way is an insurrection. Draconian measures were also placed by the monarchy against the rising tide of peasant revolts. It didn’t work – eventually they lost power and a new social order was born.
Insurrections were prevalent during the fail of feudalism. I highly doubt it was because of liberal “dogma” – though the liberals at the time(the capitalists) did take advantage of it to weaken the monarchy. Just so everybody knows the classic definition liberalism is capitalism. The liberals of the 18th century were against the monarchy and the conservatives were for upholding feudalism. I assume as capitalism is in it’s twilight years, it will be a similar dynamic as social decay continues.
