<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div> Rob Urie:</div><div><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485806033657_30301" dir="ltr">What anti-establishment voters, and those who consciously withheld their votes, <b>got right</b> in the recent election is that the illusion of choice provided by the major Parties is anti-politics. Liberals, as guardians of the status quo, are class warriors on the side of economic mal-distribution and the immiseration of the laboring classes and poor for the benefit of the rich. The ease with which the misdirection of ‘deplorables’ was sold illustrates the conundrum confronting any actual Left political movement.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485806033657_30377" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485806033657_30302" dir="ltr"><a class="enhancr2_f17e198b-2573-07ec-aa3d-3c75474c69b2" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485806033657_30325" href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/01/27/liberalism-as-class-warfare/">Liberalism as Class Warfare</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485806033657_30376"><br></div><div class="yahoo-link-enhancr-card ymail-preserve-class ymail-preserve-style" id="enhancr2_f17e198b-2573-07ec-aa3d-3c75474c69b2" style="max-width:400px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" dir="ltr" contenteditable="false" data-size="medium" data-type="yenhancr" data-category="article" data-embed-url="" data-url="http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/01/27/liberalism-as-class-warfare/"> <a class="yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485806033657_30358" style="text-decoration:none !important; 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