All valid except the premise that students devoid of cultural capital are destined to take vocational courses and enter the working class. Those courses are quickly disappearing from high schools as students are told they must go on to college. Students who choose instead to go into a trade or the military are not left behind or subordinated, they have chosen a different path -- a path which will likely be rewarding and substantial. These are the bedrocks of our society, and their perspective on life is as valid -- if not more -- than the overpaid, eloquent university professor who can't change a flat tire.
Interesting thesis. It will be very interesting to see if these anti-market sentiments continue to dominate Dem discourse. Most beliefs are decorative. We have them to blend in with our social groups. Trump was pro-market, thus, to be against Trump meant being anti-market, (just like it meant being "anti-racist"). Without Trump, will progressive Dems go back to being neo-liberal Dems? I think you are beginning to see it in elite discourse with classist statements regarding "Blue States paying for Red States," and "Blue State GDP dwarfs Red State GDP."
All valid except the premise that students devoid of cultural capital are destined to take vocational courses and enter the working class. Those courses are quickly disappearing from high schools as students are told they must go on to college. Students who choose instead to go into a trade or the military are not left behind or subordinated, they have chosen a different path -- a path which will likely be rewarding and substantial. These are the bedrocks of our society, and their perspective on life is as valid -- if not more -- than the overpaid, eloquent university professor who can't change a flat tire.
Exactly, you nailed it!
Interesting thesis. It will be very interesting to see if these anti-market sentiments continue to dominate Dem discourse. Most beliefs are decorative. We have them to blend in with our social groups. Trump was pro-market, thus, to be against Trump meant being anti-market, (just like it meant being "anti-racist"). Without Trump, will progressive Dems go back to being neo-liberal Dems? I think you are beginning to see it in elite discourse with classist statements regarding "Blue States paying for Red States," and "Blue State GDP dwarfs Red State GDP."
WOW! Great stuff.
Great work .. when I came across the term "culture capitalist" it was like I had been searching for these words for a long time.
This all rings true, especially about Silicon Valleyites. I found this story at a site that hammers them pretty hard. PressCalifornia.com