Surprising Brooks post in the NYT.
Brooks has always tried to be a bit eccentric but if he keeps this up he won’t get invited to NY cocktail parties anymore.
I think he’s clever to substitute ‘privilege’ for ‘power’ because it implies insight instead of leverage. Their base support, for example, is certainly not privileged. If that base loses hope, things will be worse. He's also wise to make this separation seem accidental rather than what it is: strategic. The elite has nothing but mortality in common with their base. That distinction must remain organizational rather than aristocratic.
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