That's all entirely valid.

Or, at least, people in the socioeconomic strata you've been exposed to all agree that people are increasingly exposed to the same kinds of products and cultural norms, haha.

Thinking that any alum would be "ashamed of going to U of C instead of an Ivy" is as white and out-of-touch as anything Brooks has ever written.

Yeah, that column is from 2003.

I didn't say he understood how the world works.

Seriously. U of C may well have the best undergrad programs in the country.

Emory, meanwhile, says they'll do that, before going out of their way to fuck you.

You have to remember, though. Internet "progressives" don't actually care about effecting positive change in the world.

…you do know that Boston and Chicago have had busing programs since the 1970s for the express purpose of counteracting the "housing and construction rules that keep the poor and less educated away from places with good schools" he describes, right?

We're calling David Brooks a wingnut, based on a column about the mechanisms through which the haute-bourgeoisie perpetuates economic inequality?

Hahahahahahaa

In fairness, Brie isn't a fancy cheese.

Yeah, it's actually hilarious to see people whining about Brooks being a Trump "collusionist" when he is on the record as fucking hating the guy.

Eh, he's not really mocking her.

Eh, I really don't understand the virulence towards Brooks in this comment section.

But, but, Brooks is a Republican. Therefore, even when he's making a valid point that we agree with, we need to criticize the way in which he makes his point!

Yeah, capicola is an odd inclusion, there. You can get it at Subway.

Yeah, Trump's having terrible "taste" in no way contradicts its being a reference to class.

"The point was to make her LESS…distracting"

"I've never been home!"