Why Working‑Class People Account for Around 1% of Lawmakers in the US – and Only 2% in the Average Democracy Around the World
Yves here. I must confess to a complete lack of awareness of the severity of class bias in legislative positions. That may be in part because many candidates make much of coming from a working class family, which creates the illusion of they themselves being still in that stratum of society. In fact, they themselves…
