I recommend this link.
http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/pity-the-postmodern-cultural-elite/
Here are some quick cuts from Hanson:
"There is no racial, regional, religious, or tribal commonality. One shared allegiance perhaps is to higher education that certifies the cultural elite by diplomas of all sorts from a “good school,” as well as a respectable salary and a nice home with appurtenances. The good life of the elite is defined by both the absence of worry about necessities, and a certain status that accrues from properly recognized advanced education and sensitivity.
"How would we characterize the new aristocracy? In a number of ways. 1) Untruth; 2) Nature; 3) Muscularity; 4) Gender; 5) Logic."
Basically Hanson is explaining and describing the results of cognitive stratification -- what happens when the people I call "overeducated pinheads" talk only to each other.
It is posted in excerpt by
http://tartanmarine.blogspot.com/2010/07/political-digest-july-20-2010.html
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