A Happy, Educated Trump Voter Responds to David Brooks (#263, 7 Nov. 2024)

2024-11-07

In this episode, I respond to David Brooks' NY Times opinion piece: "Voters to Elites: Do You See Me Now?" While he undoubtedly gets things right, i.e the Dems are horribly disrespectful to the working class, he gets a lot of things wrong. The term "elite" implies competence and efficacy. I see none of that in the current Democratic media and provide examples to explain why. Brooks and other "elites" are apparently very bad at math. There are simply not enough high school educated only voters...

In this episode, I respond to David Brooks' NY Times opinion piece: "Voters to Elites: Do You See Me Now?"

While he undoubtedly gets things right, i.e the Dems are horribly disrespectful to the working class, he gets a lot of things wrong.

The term "elite" implies competence and efficacy. I see none of that in the current Democratic media and provide examples to explain why.

Brooks and other "elites" are apparently very bad at math. There are simply not enough high school educated only voters boiling over with resentment to carry the popular vote or to win 312 electoral votes.

The Trump phenomenon goes much deeper than the characterized by the ersatz "elite" of the New York Times.

There are lot of rational, sane, and policy reasons to support. Being educated and a Trump voter are not mutually exclusive.

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