I always knew David Brooks was an asshole ....

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theyre quite industrious in their own way

lag∞n, Friday, 17 January 2014 17:29 (ten years ago) link

it all translates into "if you don't come from money, go fuck yourself"

reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 17 January 2014 17:30 (ten years ago) link

wow the times editorial team is acknowledging each other now i thought that was a no no

lag∞n, Friday, 17 January 2014 17:58 (ten years ago) link

they do it in their blog posts sometimes but you rarely see it in print

k3vin k., Friday, 17 January 2014 18:03 (ten years ago) link

Krugs and David will still go out for martinis after 6 though

Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 January 2014 18:03 (ten years ago) link

and talk shop about princeton vs. yale undergrads

reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 17 January 2014 18:14 (ten years ago) link

I have stopped caring about this guy. feels like constantly getting outraged about him just encourages him/drives up his profile etc. he deserves anonymity.

Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 17 January 2014 18:16 (ten years ago) link

the thing that still shocks me every time I read his columns is what a terrible WRITER he is. The last generation of conservative ideologues were at least mostly good prose stylists.

signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Friday, 17 January 2014 18:18 (ten years ago) link

This is actually my favorite part of the whole thing:

Democrats often see low wages as both a human capital problem and a problem caused by unequal economic power. Republicans are more likely to see them just as a human capital problem. If we’re going to pass bipartisan legislation, we’re going to have to start with the human capital piece, where there is some agreement, not the class conflict piece, where there is none.

See, democrats and republicans agree on the republican agenda.

signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Friday, 17 January 2014 20:01 (ten years ago) link

"human capital" is such a gross phrase

Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 17 January 2014 20:02 (ten years ago) link

let's all agree that capital gains should be taxed no higher than 15%, and that the estate tax is theft, and the jobs will flow!

reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 17 January 2014 20:03 (ten years ago) link

I feel like he's not the kind of writer that actually shapes policy; his role is more to attempt confuse democrats away from feeling too left about things.

signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Friday, 17 January 2014 20:08 (ten years ago) link

yeah, i mean what has the middle class ever done for america anyways? rich people are the best

reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 17 January 2014 20:09 (ten years ago) link

his role is more to attempt confuse democrats away from feeling too left about things.

no wonder Obama listens to him

Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 January 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link

"human capital" is such a gross phrase

12 Years as Human Capital

something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 18 January 2014 01:35 (ten years ago) link

i mostly feel bad for people who are having things explained to them for the first time by david brooks

flopson, Saturday, 18 January 2014 03:42 (ten years ago) link

i.e. NPR listeners?

Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 January 2014 03:47 (ten years ago) link

no one really likes david brooks hes a token

lag∞n, Saturday, 18 January 2014 05:01 (ten years ago) link

i mean

i have the new brutal HOOS if you want it (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 18 January 2014 09:14 (ten years ago) link

i wish that was true

i have the new brutal HOOS if you want it (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 18 January 2014 09:14 (ten years ago) link

i have conservative friends who call him a voice of reason on the left

i have the new brutal HOOS if you want it (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 18 January 2014 09:14 (ten years ago) link

lolllll

rhyme heals all goons (m bison), Saturday, 18 January 2014 13:27 (ten years ago) link

that's hilarious

signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Saturday, 18 January 2014 13:39 (ten years ago) link

lol but exactly and liberals call him the voice of reason on the right but he doesnt really have any influence

lag∞n, Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link

liberals call him the voice of reason on the right

I don't believe this.

channel 9's meaty urologist (WilliamC), Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link

thats his whole role at the times, the reasonable conservative

lag∞n, Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:14 (ten years ago) link

its what hes for

lag∞n, Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:14 (ten years ago) link

I think that's what conservatives put him forward as, but I don't know of any liberals who buy it.

channel 9's meaty urologist (WilliamC), Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link

i don't know any either but i'm sure they're out there, lotta dumb ppl across the spectrum

call all destroyer, Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link

its what the new york (mfn) times puts him forward as

lag∞n, Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:17 (ten years ago) link

but i mean hes the voice as reason in that he behaves like a nice reasonable young man, no one listens to what he says was my original point

lag∞n, Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link

hes a placeholder

lag∞n, Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link

i mostly feel bad for people who are having things explained to them for the first time by david brooks

imagine his son

j., Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:19 (ten years ago) link

Kid probably just packs another bowl.

One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:25 (ten years ago) link

kid is doomed what with divorced parents decaying moral fabric etc

lag∞n, Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link

Sure he'll get a nice inheritance though unless dad blows all the money on hookers/blow or leaves it to child from new marriage to twenty something model type.

One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link

thats what i wld do

lag∞n, Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:43 (ten years ago) link

Sure he'll get a nice inheritance though

how wealthy is a david brooks???

charitable remainder unitrust (crüt), Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:45 (ten years ago) link

expert guess his estate is somewhere in the eight figures

lag∞n, Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:46 (ten years ago) link

multiple best sellers, paid speaking gigs etc

lag∞n, Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:46 (ten years ago) link

"son, homeless people taste best barbecued, not fried"

reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 18 January 2014 17:04 (ten years ago) link

"how wealthy is a david brooks???"

Uh I'm guessing insanely wealthy.

One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 18 January 2014 17:11 (ten years ago) link

he chills w the koch bros at conservative functions and thinks "i am not rich"

lag∞n, Saturday, 18 January 2014 17:13 (ten years ago) link

I mean not CEO of Fortune 500 company wealthy, but lagoon's estimates seem right to me.

One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 18 January 2014 17:13 (ten years ago) link

I think that's what conservatives put him forward as, but I don't know of any liberals who buy it.

I know at least one self-described liberal who does. o_O

Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 18 January 2014 17:27 (ten years ago) link

some middle aged whites listen to him on npr and think "hmm, he's not shouting or firing a pistol in the air...let's give him a chance."

rhyme heals all goons (m bison), Saturday, 18 January 2014 17:39 (ten years ago) link

exactly

lag∞n, Saturday, 18 January 2014 17:40 (ten years ago) link

"how wealthy is a david brooks???"

Top 5% of workers.

barranca jagger (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 18 January 2014 19:32 (ten years ago) link


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