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Coventina

(29,980 posts)
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 02:01 AM Aug 2021

Ugh. Did anyone else hear David Brooks whining about "Bobos" this morning on NPR? [View all]

Apparently, they are supervillians becase they are: Young, Urban, Affluent, and White.
"Bobo" is Bohemian Bourgeois - someone who has a 60s attitude but an 80s stock portfolio (or trust fund, or other inherited wealth).

They're evil because they are hypocrites who don't sacrifice anything personally for the causes they supposedly believe in.

Huh.

I don't remember Brooks being so concerned about diversity and inclusion before this "Bobo" plague he's so wound up about.

If Bobos actually exist (and I am skeptical), he better have some pretty solid evidence for all the charges he's leveling at them.







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They exist. It just dosn't matter. marble falls Aug 2021 #1
Maybe Brooks is right, they are an exclusive club: so much so that I was unaware Coventina Aug 2021 #2
I'm still a hippie, I just don't have "wealth", but we knew these types for years: day trippers ... marble falls Aug 2021 #7
Ahhhhhh, now I understand! Coventina Aug 2021 #8
'Whining?' and what does this mean? elleng Aug 2021 #3
Apologies for my lack of clarity. I just learned about this thing called "Bobos" Coventina Aug 2021 #5
HOW THE BOBOS BROKE AMERICA elleng Aug 2021 #10
It's a stupid name for the "creative class" zaj Aug 2021 #4
I agree it's stupid! But I thought it was a narrower group than the creative class Coventina Aug 2021 #6
Sounds like an older version of the trustafarian AZSkiffyGeek Aug 2021 #9
Name anything David Brooks has been right about -- without being wrong about first -- in the last RockRaven Aug 2021 #11
That the Republican Party has become a cult of personality built around Trump misanthrope Aug 2021 #13
Well, there is a lot of unearned wealth laying around and mostly being used to elect pols joetheman Aug 2021 #12
Did anyone say "Fuck David Brooks" yet? Why not? dchill Aug 2021 #14
Brooks is jealous. He's too old to be a Bobo and doesn't want to be lumped in with Tucker Carlson. haele Aug 2021 #15
He made up the term itself and keeps trying to make it a thing. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #16
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