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According to Angelo M. Codevilla, professor emeritus of international relations at Boston University, power in America is held by a distinct ruling class, \u00a0comprised of both Democrats and Republicans, a political and social elite that uses the government to advance its interests against the two-thirds of ordinary Americans whom it rules with contempt. \u00a0This is not an economic class\u2013just being wealthy won\u2019t get you in\u2013but rather it is a social aristocracy based not on birth but on a particular set of beliefs, social values, and class markers. \u00a0The article is long, it defies excerpt or paraphrase, and it is inflammatory. \u00a0You\u2019ve got to read it:\u00a0\u00a0The American Spectator : America\u2019s Ruling Class \u2014 And the Perils of Revolution<\/a>. \u00a0Then talk about it here.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to Angelo M. Codevilla, professor emeritus of international relations at Boston University, power in America is held by a distinct ruling class, \u00a0comprised of both Democrats and Republicans, a political and social elite that uses the government to advance its interests against the two-thirds of ordinary Americans whom it rules with contempt. \u00a0This is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12,19,36],"tags":[159,2036],"class_list":["post-5961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america","category-culture","category-government","category-politics","tag-angelo-codevilla","tag-social-class"],"yoast_head":"\nAmerica's Ruling Class<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"According to Angelo M. 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