William Deresiewicz on the “Excellent Sheep” of the American Elite
The Good Fight
The Meritocracy and the Liberal Elite
The elite is constantly trying to disavow its elite status. David Brooks wrote brilliantly about this in Bobo's and Paradise years ago. And I think much of the elite failure that we've seen now for several decades has come from this fact, says Julian Zelizer.
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