The American elite, while divided to a degree by partisanship and diverging culturally from the rest of America, are bound by ties of self congratulation and narcissistic self-regard.
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Replying to @zenpundit
So logically, the “rest of America” must be united by a beautiful solidarity and converging on a true sense of American identity, while separated by walls of self-effacement and self-deprecating other-regard?

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Replying to @vgr @zenpundit
"walls of self-effacement and self-deprecating other-regard" sounds like a reasonably accurate description of blue tribe zeitgeist in current year
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Replying to @danlistensto @zenpundit
It’s neoromanticism/noble savage all over again. “Where did we go wrong understanding the virtues of Noble Hillbilly?” “Get in touch with the Real America” is the new “get in touch with our Paleolithic past”
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Replying to @vgr @zenpundit
I find it shocking that there's been such a widespread embrace of collective self-loathing. Something about babies and bathwater comes to mind.
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that's not to say that we should have any enthusiasm for what the ruling class has been up to, and especially not for what the deranged imbecile pseudo-populist aberration is inflicting on the world. But I don't see a way forward without embracing what's actually good about us.
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Replying to @danlistensto @zenpundit
No political class has a monopoly on being either good or evil, and no class culture is uniquely corrupting or elevating. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Powerlessness corrupts, and absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely.
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Replying to @vgr @danlistensto
Well if that is the meaning you inferred from my tweet then you are doing some projection regarding the ruled that wasn’t there.
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My first reply to you was a joke 
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Replying to @vgr @danlistensto
Sorry. Lost in translation. I’m also multitasking in a real world convo about taking the dog to the vet so maybe distracted
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