Well thank goodness we have this gem of insight from a genuine champion of the middle class. Old white guys in suits, sitting in luxurious red chairs in a room filled with expensive lamps, other luxurious red chairs, and a wall of books in the distance tells me that these two fellas are just working class stiffs like me. Just trying to get by. That's the vibe I get from these two.
I honestly don't understand why the working/middle class don't rush out right away to embrace these obviously regular Joes.
You do have a point well taken with the interviewer since he is an ex-prime minister of Australia.
But Victor Davis Hanson (who did 99% of the talking) grew up on a multi-generation small farm in California (back when small farming could still be done there). And other than authoring several books and being well educated.... he is a perfect example of middle class coming from immigration roots as you can get. He still lives in the small farm house but leases the small land plot to a major agriculture farmer. If he does not have a lot of credibility with the middle class, he should.
Why? I see nothing in his background that makes him an expert in class dynamics and economics.
Exactly. While the wiki doesn't go much into his early life, he's been an academic for most of his time on the planet. He retired early from that career (not something the middle class gets to do often) and went on to work at a couple conservative think thanks and organizations. He was a vocal supporter of the Iraq war, voted for George W. Bush, and (again) wrote a book praising Trump.
Real champion of the liberals right there.
Now, growing up on a family farm does not make one working class. Jimmy Carter's family was known for peanut farming, but it was hardly a hard-scrabble life. Owning a large agricultural business doesn't mean you tilled the fields. You paid someone else to do that. Yet Carter (despite his well to do family and prestigious military career) remained a champion for the working class his entire life.
This guy seems to have always been an advocate of the capitalist class.