Finally had an epiphany. Usually the party knows everything. They know what you need, what you dont need. They even know you didnt even. Know you needed. But for the first time in a a e, the democrats threw up their arms in despair. Donald trumps Approval Rating was actually slightly larger than joe bidens watch at this point. Trump was at 43 . 41umbiden is at just 41 . So hes doing worse than trump, who was always saying was doing so poorly. The question is how solid a candidatioe is joe biden . Thats the problem. Thats exactly the problem. And what is exactly the problem that we dont know how solidt kn a candidate joe bideown is. We know hes not a solid case. Hes struggling. I mean, for his own party, it is hard to watch after the russia hoax, russi two impeachments, three indictments in a country bitterly by class and education. The New York Times Experienced T ,a temporary moment of clarity. Columnist David Brooksvid broo k is asking, what if were the bad guys here . Humility final
They re segregating themselves. they don t believe. along certain people belong in politics or in media or i in any position of power in the country. that s their job. theithey were born into it. they were groomed for it. living the boston, new york, d.c. access. coas ve propped themselves up into these urban coastal power centers. and this goes for coastal california, too. and they ve created an economic which keeps them and only them elevated their jobs and status are always safe. the policies thaated.t serve th open borders. open china. i greentecthh, don t servein the rest of the country. in fact, their policies wreakcon havoc on the rest of the country. if you re a factory or your refinery gets shut down, you re replaceable. sh you arethey re not. to them, you re just a number in the monthly unemploymenu art report. even during the pandemic, they thrived. there ev durins always a hammock nearby. brooks admitted it, quote, ,
Foreign policy elite pushes, whh the wealthy sons of the elites got deferments. that was the moment everything changed. academic achievement determined how the social order is structured. exclus you either went to exclusive prep schools eliteiv east coast colleges or grad schools, or you didn t. cor grad the media professionh used to be full of old crusty o working class guys hustling around with a pen and paper ustyused to hold powerful inters accountable. but now the media professiona ps is stuffed with upper class americans who don t hold powerful interests accountable because they re all from the same class . t to they all went to the same schools, go to the same clubs. they all liv e in the same neighborhoods. the upper class media is aligned itsel lignedf with the upper political class and the business class inte o one big professional class that looks down their nose at the rest of c the country and tries to keep them out of the club. ludavid brooks says
Discredited and knocked from their purchase. this is why they re covering up the biden scandal so vigilantl e . the biden scandals like holding holdwashingtn thathingto every elite all sit down at the same dinnersy,, go to the same parties, get paid s, the same companie and whose entire family is all playing inside game.side it s been a sleazy patronage mill for an eternity and they don t want to stop printing the money. but at the end of the day, the white hous at the enaye is s house. we choose the outcome that majo s the ceo and founder of american majority. david brooks, times, he times , of all place, ,boom. he says what we ve been sayingsa for what almosys wt seven yearsc correct. and goodor for brooks for having that epiphany. i m just not sure that it s it s structurejust nd. the other part of the modern american aristocracy who still
Aren t that interested in understanding, you know, middletocracy america, who thed consider their peasants and serfs who serve them and their prioritiesereasants o and it s still, even though brooks has said some of these thingsooks and, jesse, i don t e still occurred to the overwhelming majority of the elitesrwrity of that it s bn their behavior, their ignorant arrogance on a whole host of fronts that gave rise to donald trump. they are the reason donald trump rose to power because ofwh how they treated the american people. and then donald trump showed uet and he had the temerity, jesse, to say, you know what, i vhey jt this crazy idea that a government of, by and for the people shouldr actually serve the american people and the modern american aristocracy and elite viewed him as an existential threat to their future. and they fear him, jesse. and they fear him because they think jes tause he can actn in 2024. and they know if trump wins, they understand the office of of thef restoy