Left Behind

English Alternative forms en left-behind Noun Left Behind A usually socially conservative member of the working class whose income is stagnating or falling in purchasing power. en 1983 The New Elite: The Death of Democracy David Lebedoff 31 0809256177 For the Left Behinds, Kennedy was evoking the most traditional values: patriotism, discipline, sacrifice for the common welfare. en 2004 The Uncivil War: How a New Elite is Destroying Our Democracy David Lebedoff 1589791517 The New Elite and the Left Behinds are not necessarily synonymous with other pairs in confrontation: liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, upper-middle class and lower-middle class. en 2011 Dangerous Thoughts Gary Jason 1465369422 Two major political issues originally split the New Elite from the Left Behinds: the civil rights movement and the peace movement arising out of the Vietnam War.