On Wednesday I suggested that the press does not like Republican presidents because they think that intelligence is defined by the ability to manipulate words correctly. They communicate with text and see shades of gray. Republican Presidents grasp a few principles and communicate them directly and without nuance. Today David Brooks writes:
"There are two sorts of people in the information-age elite, spreadsheet people and paragraph people. Spreadsheet people work with numbers, wear loafers and support Republicans. Paragraph people work with prose, don't shine their shoes as often as they should and back Democrats."
The he starts really having fun:
"I subscribe, however, to the mondo-neo-Marxist theory of information-age class conflict. According to this view, people who majored in liberal arts subjects like English and history naturally loathe people who majored in econ, business and the other "hard" fields. This loathing turns political in adult life and explains just about everything you need to know about political conflict today."
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