I actually found the conversation to be pretty interesting, but if anyone is interested in a more data-driven exploration of these ideas they might find the analysis of Thomas Piketty in “Capital and Ideology”, particularly Chapter 15 on the “Brahmin Left”, to be a bit more convincing? I think the point that both parties have essentially…
I actually found the conversation to be pretty interesting, but if anyone is interested in a more data-driven exploration of these ideas they might find the analysis of Thomas Piketty in “Capital and Ideology”, particularly Chapter 15 on the “Brahmin Left”, to be a bit more convincing? I think the point that both parties have essentially become parties of the highly educated is an important one; there is no party of the working class any more, just one party who pretends to represent the working class but condescendingly looks down on them (ie “deplorables”) and another who wants to mobilize their votes through grievance and fear of immigrants etc but then still ultimately supports globalization and trade. It’s why, unfortunately, Trump has been (and probably will be again) so successful at capturing the votes of blue-collar, high school educated people. They’ve got nowhere else to go.
I actually found the conversation to be pretty interesting, but if anyone is interested in a more data-driven exploration of these ideas they might find the analysis of Thomas Piketty in “Capital and Ideology”, particularly Chapter 15 on the “Brahmin Left”, to be a bit more convincing? I think the point that both parties have essentially become parties of the highly educated is an important one; there is no party of the working class any more, just one party who pretends to represent the working class but condescendingly looks down on them (ie “deplorables”) and another who wants to mobilize their votes through grievance and fear of immigrants etc but then still ultimately supports globalization and trade. It’s why, unfortunately, Trump has been (and probably will be again) so successful at capturing the votes of blue-collar, high school educated people. They’ve got nowhere else to go.