A New Aristocracy [pdf] 11 years ago
In short, the 1% are the 1% because they are better than the rest, and through hard work and good parenting the same is true of their children. Yet somehow, the article makes these exact same claims in a manner that will probably avoid anger by left wing sorts. I'm impressed.
Why, no, actually we are impressed.
It takes extraordinary, breathtaking ignorance (or maybe just eternal self-serving bullshit) to overlook centuries of the discrimination and outright violence that the 1% have strangely required and thus perpetuated, when your smug little delusionary claim is that, shucks, it's all merit-based riches.