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demwing

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2. Who says a book can’t rescue the American middle class?
Fri May 24, 2013, 07:39 AM
May 2013

Books can change whole societies. And did anyone catch the subtle Mein Kampf reference:

"a lot of politicians who say they want to rescue the American middle class are writing books about their travails"


Travails is synonymous with struggle (Mein Kampf = My Struggle)

The author makes the connection , which is a cheap shot, but also insinuates that its all a show, timed to coincide with the 2016 election. These politicians only say they want to rescue the American middle class.

They can't be serious. The written word has no influence on social change. Ask Hitler, or Mao, or Thomas Paine.

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