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 @danlistensto
Non-ruling class Americans are not = Hillbillies, noble or otherwise. Ruling class America isn’t half of the electorate
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Replying to @zenpundit @danlistensto
I can only hope you’re right. I’ve been called “coastal elite” and I definitely don’t feel like it.
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I’ve spent more time in the interior than coasts. 5.5 years in Ann Arbor, 2.5 in Ithaca, 1 in Austin, 2 in Rochester, NY, 2 in Vegas. But liberal college towns don’t count I think. They are honorary coastal places. So only Rochester and Vegas count by 2018 geographic logic.
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