So long as we are on the topic of ruling class versus country class, two more data points:
A Ross Douthat column in today's New York Times: "The most underrepresented groups on elite campuses often aren't racial minorities; they're working-class whites (and white Christians in particular) from conservative states and regions. Inevitably, the same underrepresentation persists in the elite professional ranks these campuses feed into: in law and philanthropy, finance and academia, the media and the arts....This cultural divide has been widening for years."
So long as we are on the topic of ruling class versus country class, two more data points:
A Ross Douthat column in today's New York Times: "The most underrepresented groups on elite campuses often aren't racial minorities; they're working-class whites (and white Christians in particular) from conservative states and regions. Inevitably, the same underrepresentation persists in the elite professional ranks these campuses feed into: in law and philanthropy, finance and academia, the media and the arts....This cultural divide has been widening for years."