Episode 35: Two-Piece: Gentry Elites, Dead WASPs, and the End of Fair Play Culture
Emmet and John discuss two articles and try to fine-tune their understanding of who the American elites are and how they've changed over time.
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Show Notes
Emmet and John discuss two articles and try to fine-tune their understanding of who the American elites are and how they've changed over time. Do elites have the same interes? The same culture? Do they even believe in their own institutions?
"American Gentry" by Patrick Wyman
"Rediscovering E. Digby Baltzell’s Sociology of Elites" by Aaron M Renn
Closing Song: "Slipknot - Wait and Bleed x Chrono Trigger OST - At the Bottom of the Night (KEIFERGR33N REMIX)"