A tip for commentators: when you would say "our elites", instead say "we". Put away the whiny, populist self-othering, and take some responsibility. The worldview of responsible government starts with this perspective shift.
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Replying to @palladiummag
Do y’all think all commentators should do this or just ones working for “serious” publications?
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Replying to @LunacyNow
Really depends what you're trying to do. "Serious" can mean "with appearance of dignity", or can mean "seriously intends to catalyze particular worldview developments", or something else. For what we're doing, it's a necessity.
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Replying to @palladiummag
Dunno maybe this is the old-world-Europe speaking, but a social class with a set of shared attitudes constitutes an elite from which office holders can be drawn - and to which office holders are connected by bonds of friendship/kinship/protektsia. Such a class self regulates.
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Replying to @LunacyNow @palladiummag
Massive part of the Trump backlash is that he doesn’t care what this class thinks.
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This is an interesting thesis. Would you like to write about it?
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