Cultural Decline in America

The following excerpt was lifted from the January 21, 2012 issue of The Wall Street Journal, The Saturday Essay, by Charles Murray.  Its a lead-in to a rather lengthy, but very important essay.  Go to the link below to read the entire article.  It is something EVERY AMERICAN should take heed and act accordingly, else we will continue down the slippery slope of decline into a two-class culture ruled by the elites (the ruling class) at the behest of the lower (working) class.

Think "lords and serfs."

Over the past 50 years, our common civic culture has unraveled. We have developed a new upper class with advanced educations, often obtained at elite schools, sharing tastes and preferences that set them apart from mainstream America. At the same time, we have developed a new lower class, characterized not by poverty but by withdrawal from America's core cultural institutions.

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