In the light of this analysis, then, my own scenario is cautiously hopeful, depending on (1) whether a creative minority of dreamers and doers with visions of a new life - fulfilling social order really
emerges in strength, (2) the alliances that can be worked out with
blacks, the poor, and other minorities now excluded from major social benefits, (3) the extent to which the populist idealism of the lower
middle classes and working people generally favoring the extension of rights and equality to the «little man» everywhere wins out over the reactionary fears and prejudices which establishment elites and opportunist politicians are all too willing to exploit, and (4) what takes place at the center of the political spectrum itself under the pressure of events and in response to challenges to the established system from militant seekers of change.
This isn't surprising because
black and Latino families from
middle -
class backgrounds, often having
emerged from poverty themselves, have also been treated with the same disdain.