Ennui versus democracy–Part II: On the road to fascism…

You might be expecting a progressive’s rant here, so my calm demeanor could surprise you—of course, it depends on your meaning of “calm”! In fact, this is both a book review and a movie review. The book review part corresponds to Christopher Hayes’ (of MNBC fame) interesting and long op-ed called Twilight of the Elites—America after Meritocracy (Broadway Paperbacks, 2012). (Writers, before you start sending your MS to this publisher, take note that it’s an imprint of the Crown Publishing Grou...