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[quote=Anonymous][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]

This.

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But, this would not get as many clicks or likes as this stupid article.  [/quote]

I heard Bill Clinton talk about the perils of globalization when he was out of office during the GWB administration.  He totally had his finger on the pulse of where this was all going to lead - it's great for a lot of people, and really bad for many others in terms of how they feel sidelined and marginalized.

I'm not saying his own policies when President didn't contribute to the current situation, just that he articulated really well how this was going to play out.  I don't think politicians like Obama or Harris could ever address this as objectively, because they are more interested in proving that they are part of the club.  And of course Hillary herself had no problem crapping on the "deplorables."

Right now you've got a huge number of people convinced that Trump is going to look out after them, but the disappointment is going to be massive if and when they figure out he's looking out after himself, and the interests of other business oligarchs, not the little guy.  [/quote]

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