Robert Stark Interviews Keith Preston on the Declining Middle Class & the Rise of Populism

Joel Kotkin, Keith Preston, Middle Class, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Prison, Prison Industrial Complex, Prison Rape, Republican Party, The Tea Party, US Prison System

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Robert Stark interviews Keith Preston of Attack the System on the decline of the American middle class and the prospects for radical populism. Topics include:

  • Joel Kotkin’s book The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050
  • Neo-liberalism 
  • Left-wing oligarchy
  • The Tea Party
  • Cracks in the Left coalition
  • The emergence of a permanent Right-wing opposition
  • The decline of the Republican Party
  • The prison-industrial complex
  • Why more men than women are raped in America