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minus-squarepjwestin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up42arrow-down2·8 hours agoWatching David Brooks, of all people, develop more introspection and self-awareness than the entire Democratic party leadership has been a real trip.
minus-squareWaxedWookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 hours agoI know nothing of his work, but my immediate assumption is that he’s just a contrarian asshole that has no actual principles. In media (as in politics), this kind of thing is almost always a product of cynical expediency rather than sincere introspection.
Watching David Brooks, of all people, develop more introspection and self-awareness than the entire Democratic party leadership has been a real trip.
I know nothing of his work, but my immediate assumption is that he’s just a contrarian asshole that has no actual principles.
In media (as in politics), this kind of thing is almost always a product of cynical expediency rather than sincere introspection.