![]() ![]() ![]() This makes him sound like Darren Walker, one of the examples of the do-gooders-by-doing-well he gives in his analysis. It is a letter, written with love and concern, to people whom I see yielding to a new Faith, many of whom I know to be decent.” He states the purpose of his book is: “among other things, a debate with my friends. He has no problems criticizing Bill Clinton later in the book for not understanding people’s lack of trust with elites, yet how does he expect to gain that trust himself from readers by not owning his own privilege from the onset? He says the reason is because he didn’t want to make the book about him, but at the same time he states, “The best way to know about a problem is to be a part of it.” I think the premise of the work would have been infinitely more powerful had he started by being transparent with his “insider-out” perspective. For someone who is so critical of elites hiding in their hobbit holes, he waits until the acknowledgments section at the end to let you know that he is one of them. Before you read this book, read the author’s bio. ![]()
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