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I would never have expected something like this from David Brooks (Original Post) BigBearJohn Jul 2019 OP
I'm not surprised. I loved his "Bobos in Paradise." betsuni Jul 2019 #1
Thanks for posting this scarytomcat Jul 2019 #2
Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe Jul 2019 #3
He's one schizophrenic mess bucolic_frolic Jul 2019 #4
That's nice. Paladin Jul 2019 #5
He's desperately trying zentrum Jul 2019 #6
You can polish a turd all you want, but you still a have turd! yortsed snacilbuper Jul 2019 #7

betsuni

(25,544 posts)
1. I'm not surprised. I loved his "Bobos in Paradise."
Mon Jul 8, 2019, 05:15 AM
Jul 2019

He can be very good when talking about his generation. He really should have concentrated on social science and not politics.

bucolic_frolic

(43,190 posts)
4. He's one schizophrenic mess
Mon Jul 8, 2019, 10:11 AM
Jul 2019

will he stick with his intellectual elitism and conservative exploitation ideology, or become one of the Weavers as he calls them?

He's looking for a way out of the materialism he has lived and supported that has made the world so bad

I suppose there's hope if he sees the light, but I'll believe it when he lives it

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
6. He's desperately trying
Mon Jul 8, 2019, 10:47 AM
Jul 2019

....to distance himself from the Repug mess he helped create, "Mr. Both Sides are The Same Brooks".

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