AFTER SPENDING NEARLY A CENTURY TRYING TO END THE “DICTATORSHIP OF THE MIDDLE CLASS,” YOU’D THINK OUR BETTERS WOULD HAVE GIVEN THE MATTER SOME THOUGHT: Is the U.S. Ready for Post-Middle-Class Politics? “The upper middle class are surprised by the rise of Trump. The actual middle class are surprised we’re surprised.”

Related: Trump vs. The New Class.

Plus: The Coming Middle Class Anarchy.

Supplementary Reading: The Revolt Against the Masses: How Liberalism Has Undermined the Middle Class.