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The Cult of the Professional Class

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 http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/04/the-cult-of-the-professional-class/   We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein In a recent interview on BillMoyers.com about his book Listen Liberal , author Thomas Frank spoke of the professional class that rules the Democratic Party and the orthodoxy instilled in them by their Ivy League institutions . Indeed, every president since 1988 attended an Ivy League university. Not only does this perspective from the professional class cross party lines, their orthodox worldview extends far beyond politics. It is based on an ideology that has served elites well – (semi) free-market capitalism and continuous economic growth. It is an orthodoxy that values corporate interests and personal gain over public good. It permeates all fields of society and American culture. In their book Manufacturing Consent , Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky laid out the media propaganda model of jour