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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The critique is fine; the proposed solution is insipid.  Brooks is pretty good when it comes to summarizing things that other people have been thinking and writing about for years.  He isn’t much of an original thinker.  [/quote]

Yes. He’s proposing to rearrange the deck chairs. The fundamental problem is that the Ivies are too small for the social role they are trying to fill, and they refuse to grow. It doesn’t really matter how they fill their classes: their role as gatekeepers, and the ever-growing number of people locked out, will continue to fuel an ever-expanding populist backlash. [/quote]

The populist backlash isn’t really about limited access to Ivies.  The Ivy hatred is just one manifestation of the grievances of  LC/LMC people (mostly but not exclusively White) display because they feel left behind. Their bigger beef is with globalization. You could get rid of tho Ivies tomorrow and some average Joe in Ohio would still be getting hooked on opiates and supporting Trump because the Chinese and Indians are working harder and outperforming them. [/quote]

It's sad/funny, but good old JD Vance actually described the problems in Hillbilly Elegy...but now he is completely distancing himself from himself because it doesn't fit a successful political career.

You could debate any Trump supporter simply responding with quotes from JD's book.[/quote]

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