The Real Roots of American Rage

The yellow vest protests have once again highlighted the pervasive habit of MSM suppressing or twisting information to avoid, in my words, giving the commoners ideas about reversing the devastating consequences of neo-liberalism.  I periodically search the internet for terms about citizens being angry or protesting.

Tonight I ran across an article in The Atlantic.  Though it is titled “The Real Roots of American Rage” and has a tag “Why is America so Angry”, to my mind it soft soaps the roots of rage in the US population.  It does reference the anger against the state government and institutions in Oklahoma and West Virginia that triggered teacher strikes, but apparently finds nothing in the status quo to indict elsewhere.

After a rather long article comprised in large part of coverage of the Greenfield MA anger survey done by James Averill and resulting efforts by marketing firms to leverage the anger to benefit corporations, then the material on the teacher strikes, he gets to what I believe is the purpose of the article – communicating that being so angry that the rebellious want to destroy the system is a bad thing.

The Atlantic is not likely to be read by the lower classes who are feeling the ongoing wealth transfer.  So is the author providing a pat on the back to neo-lib incrementalism, or are there previous adherents who are having second thoughts and need to be brought back into the fold?

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/charles-duhigg-american-anger/576424/