Building on @aoscott's piece, might be worth making a distinction between elitism and snobbery.
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It's an insidious achievement of American populism to conflate snobbery with elitism, social pretentiousness with love of excellence.
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@HeerJeet Rather ironic that Scott's background image on his twitter page is a still from "Sullivan's Travels," no?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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