La discreta fealdad de la burguesía: los Lafaurie Cabal
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La discreta fealdad de la burguesía: los Lafaurie Cabal
David Brooks • The Relationalist Manifesto
There may be things that cultural creators and media figures like myself might be able to do to help this “expectations reset” along. Perhaps we should emphasize grit and struggle instead of talking so much about wealth and personal fulfillment.
Noah Smith • The Elite Overproduction Hypothesis
The new cultural currency was no longer valued for its intellectual and cultural refinement but for its moral erudition.
The Circulation of the Elites
To Deneen, the working-class masses are naturally conservative, at least in their cultural tastes and moral sentiments (which seemed here to matter more to him than economics). He wrote, for example, that “what is needed—and what most ordinary people instinctively seek—is stability, order, continuity, and a sense of gratitude for the past and
... See moreLaura K. Field • Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right
“Relentless work schedules, soaring rents, the rabbit hole of online dating, tech bros pulling the strings of international geopolitics... It’s only natural that we’ve started fantasizing about feminized, sustainable, close-knit communities united by a meaningful purpose. It’s just so tempting.”
Carmen Urbita