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To: maceng2 who wrote (169597)	6/1/2002 3:42:00 PM
From: Oblomov	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

yes, I agree... to his credit, Murray wrote an excellent essay about 10-15 years ago, however, in which he argued that US politics and society would over the next 50 years undergo "Brazilianization", or a process whereby the upper-middle class (top 10-15% in terms of income or wealth) would gain political power and use it to suppress a burgeoning underclass. This observation was new to the US right, and was not entirely welcome. Previously, class politics had been the province of the left. If anything, I think that he should be recognized for elevating the debate on the right over globalization beyond simple "disaffected middle American vs. meliorist free-marketeer" pugilistics. I read "The Bell Curve" because I thought it would be similarly well-argued. Needless to say, I was disappointed.