I don't think is true; any citizen who carries a gun for anything other than hunting is scared and fearful

Why can't they just be assholes or mentally unbalanced?

People feel disenfranchised, forgotten and see banks cause crisis after crisis whilst their bosses get richer and take zero responsibility for their mismanagement.

Yup - and in the U.S. 0f A., at least, those responsible for this situation are THE REPUBLICRAP PARTY, who the brain-dead U.S. electorate keep voting into power so they can do more of the same.

We've enough of the disenfranchised here to make a drift to the right almost inevitable

Absolutely! The dumb fu*ks can be counted upon to vote against their own best interests every time.

False Class Consciousness.

Occasionally Marx was spot on.

Oh, ye generation of morons.