Prig-boy of the Western World

It is astounding what a smug, effete, elitists, cretin David Brooks is, along with his compatriots at the NY Times and PBS. The one thing that was surprising to me is that he was not put off by lowly Italian Processed Meats. One would think they would be too 'Neapolitan' for his delicate palate. 
His luncheon guest should consider herself fortunate that she wasn't debauched by the colleges of today. m/r

How to Solve the Problem of David Brooks

Melissa Mackenzie July 12, 2017

Assuming you can get over yourself.

What can be said about a snobby man who alienates the riffraff worried that other people’s snobbiness is alienating the riffraff? David Brooks stumbled around in an article yesterday talking about social capital and how it’s wielded to keep those of the lower classes alienated from those of the upper classes. His article was a giggle-worthy exercise in obliviousness. He said this:

Recently I took a friend with only a high school degree to lunch. Insensitively, I led her into a gourmet sandwich shop. Suddenly I saw her face freeze up as she was confronted with sandwiches named “Padrino” and “Pomodoro” and ingredients like soppressata, capicollo and a striata baguette. I quickly asked her if she wanted to go somewhere else and she anxiously nodded yes and we ate Mexican.

American upper-middle-class culture (where the opportunities are) is now laced with cultural signifiers that are completely illegible unless you happen to have grown up in this class. They play on the normal human fear of humiliation and exclusion. Their chief message is, “You are not welcome here.”

Wow. There’s a lot to unpack there. Why do I get the impression that David Brooks is trying hard to fit in with the Important People? Every post like this screams insecurity and encapsulates the problem that Brooks claims worry him. ...

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