Bacon's Rebellion

Tag: New Ruling Class

  • America Is Tired of Elitism

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    by Kerry Dougherty There is nothing that members of the corporate media hate more than being told they’re elites. Thing is, they’re so elite they don’t even realize it. Take The New York Times White House correspondent, Annie Karni, for instance. It isn’t simply her job to report what’s going on in Washington, she’s also…

  • Bobos and the Epistemic Regime

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    by James A. Bacon David Brooks, writing in The Atlantic, serves up a brilliant update to his 2000 classic, “Bobos in Paradise,” in which he explores the nature of America’s new ruling class. Borrowing terminology from Jonathan Rauch, he introduces the concept of the epistemic regime — “the massive network of academics and analysts who…