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brown9-2 on July 13, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Our Elites Stink

Here is an excerpt of Chris Hayes' book for anyone interested: http://www.thenation.com/article/168265/why-elites-fail

I think David Brooks is over-summarizing Hayes' thesis and also making it sound like he is interested in violent overthrow of "the elites" by comparing him to the French Revolution.

bwanab on July 13, 2012 [–]

Thanks for that. Hayes' actual arguments are much more subtle and thoughtful than Brooks gives them credit for.

brown9-2 on July 13, 2012 | [–]

That seems to be true for any subject Brooks writes about.

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