Plutocratic Socialism: The Future of Private Property and the Fate of the Middle Class - Paperback

by Mark T. Mitchell (Author)

A proletarianized citizenry ruled by a class of insolent plutocrats is incompatible with the republican form of government established by the US Constitution. Without an effective majority of citizens who own property and whose character has been shaped by property ownership--a vibrant middle class--the Founders' Constitution will not survive. Our current age of Plutocratic Socialism is a specific manifestation of a pathology the Founders feared. Recovery must begin with a simple, yet profound, axiom: private property and political freedom stand or fall together.

Author Biography

Mark T. Mitchell is dean of academic affairs and professor of government at Patrick Henry College. He is the author of several books, including Power and Purity: The Unholy Marriage That Spawned America's Social Justice Warriors and The Limits of Liberalism: Tradition, Individualism, and the Crisis of Freedom. He is the co-founder of Front Porch Republic.