Quote Originally Posted by Monty92 View Post
So the lower orders have such little agency that they're entirely susceptible to having their attitudes and behaviours influenced shaped by political ideology?

Sounds a bit like something Andrew Adonis might say about Brexit voters
Not really. The lower orders have been subject to a programme of the most cack-handed social engineering (welfare, the NHS, comprehensive education, etc) for 70 fùcking years. All of which has served to destroy incentive and ambition and keep the proletariat nice and lumpen in a culture of dependency. This has rendered them politically apathetic and encouraged and sustained ignorance, while absolving individuals of responsibility for their outcomes.

None of that removes the need for individual responsibility, but it does explain how we've got ourselves into this mess.