According to Hedges (2010), the real enemies of the liberal class are radical thinkers such as Noam Chomsky and Ralph Nader, iconoclastic intellectuals who possess the moral autonomy to defy the power elite. While this author agrees with Hedges, he would take this argument even further. In this article, the author argues that the real enemy of both conservatives and liberals alike are those who not only challenge the basic fabric of capitalism, but call for the creation of a social universe outside of capital's value form--thinkers and activists known as socialists. The major challenge is not simply to challenge neoliberal market ideologies but in earmarking capitalism for the dust-heap, that is, to offer an alternative to capitalism. Here, he discusses music education as a possibility for what he calls radical negation. He contends that approaching music education from the perspective of revolutionary critical pedagogy will require music educators to take the ethical-political role of those most hated not only by the right wing establishment, but by the liberal establishment as well. (Contains 1 note.)