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David Brooks's "Bobos in Paradise"

David Brooks became liberals&amp;apos famous conservative by telling them what they wanted to hear. But ... why did they want to hear something that was lazy and wrong? <a href="https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod">Support us on Patreon</a> Where to find us: <a href="https://twitter.com/IfBooksPod">Twitter</a><a href="https://www.fivefourpod.com/">Peter&amp;aposs other podcast, 5-4</a><a href="https://www.maintenancephase.com/">Mike&amp;aposs other podcast, Maintenance Phase</a> Sources:<a href="https://nymag.com/news/media/67010/index5.html#print">A Reasonable Man</a><a href="https://www.phillymag.com/news/2004/04/01/david-brooks-booboos-in-paradise/">David Brooks: Boo-Boos in Paradise</a><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1996/11/a-cartoon-elite/376719/">A Cartoon Elite</a><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/david-brooks-conversion-story">David Brooks’s Conversion Story</a><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/161621/david-brooks-endless-grift-conservative-commentariat">David Brooks and the Endless Grift of the Conservative Commentariat</a><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/09/blame-the-bobos-creative-class/619492/">How The Bobos Broke America</a><a href="https://www.rosalux.de/fileadmin/rls_uploads/pdfs/sonst_publikationen/ehrenreich_death_of_a_yuppie_dream90.pdf">Death Of A Yuppie Dream: The Rise And Fall Of The Professional-Managerial Class</a><a href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/1354097724">Stuff the Professional-Managerial Class Likes: "Distinction" for an Egalitarian Elite</a><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/david-brookss-search-for-meaning">David Brooks’s Search for Meaning</a><a href="https://www.salon.com/2015/06/15/the_facts_vs_david_brooks_startling_inaccuracies_raise_questions_about_his_latest_book/">The facts vs. David Brooks: Startling inaccuracies raise questions about his latest book</a><a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/05/david-brooks-is-not-buying-it-poor-people.html">David Brooks Is Not Buying Your Excuses, Poor People</a>Thanks to <a href="https://mindseye-music.bandcamp.com/track/the-place-beyond-the-clouds-2">Mindseye</a> for our theme song!