Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Our Rejectionist Elites

Writing at Substack, Chris Bray says something that can't be repeated often enough. Plus, if you follow the link to his prior writing, he takes a richly deserved poke at Jackson Hole.* Bray writes:

Just a few days ago, I argued that whole layers of high-status American political and cultural figures are “no longer culturally American.” They don’t see the country, they don’t like the country, and they don’t have the most basic American instincts.

He's thinking of John Kerry and his Davos-loving buddies. It really applies to a much wider swath of upscale urban America and chi-chi ski resorts like Aspen, Vail, Sun Valley, and Jackson Hole. Doug and Kamala are certainly included. 

Tim Walz is a wannabe, but career enlisteds really aren't "our sort." Goofy Walz represents what the high-status folk think us proles to be, when they think of us at all. Hat tip to Instapundit for the link.

*For example, the Jackson paper reprints with approval New York Times opinion pieces, unbelievable cheek in otherwise bright red Wyoming. Jackson would prefer to be part of California ... minus its high taxes, of course.