Almost 20 years ago, the columnist David Brooks caught the spirit of the age. His book Bobos in Paradise hailed the marriage between bohemian 1960s radicals and the money-chasing bourgeoisie of the 1980s. They had merged into the Clintons. In place of America’s Episcopalian elites came the meritocratic establishment. Anyone with talent could join. “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his abilities,” wrote Mr Brooks.
大約20年前，專欄作家戴維•布魯克斯(David Brooks)抓住了時代精神。他在《布波族：一個社會新階層的崛起》(Bobos in Paradise)一書中宣告了1960年代波西米亞激進分子和1980年代追逐金錢的布爾喬亞的結合。這種結合的代表就是柯林頓夫婦(the Clintons)這樣的人。美國的聖公會派精英們已被重視真才實學的建制派所取代。任何有才之士都可以加入。「各盡所能，按能分配。」布魯克斯寫道。
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