The Squelchistani Crank

For the past few blog posts, I have been detailing how certain ‘caste influences’ have shaped Squelchistan’s political ideologies over the centuries and especially over a half century when the Ideological Schism of 1968 took place. All of this comes from David Priestland’s Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A History of the World in Three Castes . Each one of these castes has influenced Squelchistan in various ways, both regarding political ideologies and also with sub-cultural attitudes in Squelchistan (as well as in other parts of North America). Ironically, the title of the book also indicates the level of influence each caste has had over Squelchistan’s turbulent history considering the entire nation. In order to learn more, one can see the links to the past three blog posts: Merchant – Soldier – Sage But what if I told you, the reader, that there is also technically a fourth caste in existence, and technically props all of the others up? There is, and it’s that of the Worker c ast...