Agitprop

From time-to-time I find myself enjoying a little taste of the agitation propaganda, affectionately known in structuralist circles as agitprop. It doesn't have to be epic, but it should be at least a little bit graphic, like a classic political poster. And it should have some bite.

General J.C. Patriot -- Jesus' General -- has been at it since before Stephen Colbert got his own show. He's at his best sending letters to his Republican "heroes" but this particular post, "They also serve who only stagger and chug", is a little more earnest than usual, basically three pairs of photos contrasting the lives of U.S. soldiers in Iraq vs. those of the College Republican National Committee Chairman, the son of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and the Bush twins.

I'm starting to wonder if the real reason we don't have a draft today is fear of class warfare, that the chickenhawks in power are too spooked about what would be the media scrutiny of their kids' being in service or cushy-in-service, or just not.

If Real Wages Fail to Match a Rise in Productivity, can a new U.S. class war be all that far behind?