So long as we are on the topic of ruling class versus country class, two more data points:
A Ross Douthat column in today's New York Times: "The most underrepresented groups on elite campuses often aren't racial minorities; they're working-class whites (and white Christians in particular) from conservative states and regions. Inevitably, the same underrepresentation persists in the elite professional ranks these campuses feed into: in law and philanthropy, finance and academia, the media and the arts....This cultural divide has been widening for years."
And a Politico poll purporting to show "a yawning gap between the American people and D.C.'s powerful when it comes to their economic reality — and their economic perceptions....Roughly 45 percent of 'Washington elites' said the country and the economy are headed in the right direction, while roughly 25 percent of the general population said they felt that way."
