The Sins of the Educated Class

 David Brooks gets it so wrong that it is hard to know where to begin the criticism of his piece. First, it is wrong to equate having a higher education with elitism. Sure there are universities deemed elite but most college educated Americans get their degrees from “lesser” institutions and the good news is that far more people are getting that education than in the past. A majority attain that goal not by dint of parental wealth or influence but by hard work and thirst for self betterment.

The challenge is not how educated progressives can reconcile their outlook with their status but how to convince the working class, from which many of them come, that they are allies committed to making a better society for all. It is bewildering that the Republican Party, which primarily represents the interests of the  wealthy and anti labor segments of society, has somehow persuaded a large percentage of the working class that it is its champion and that a Donald Trump has the interests of workers at heart.