THIS WEEK DAVID BROOKS DISCOVERS THAT AMERICANS ARE, OR WERE...A NATION OF INTELLECTUALS!
BROOKS FINDS OUR "WORKERS" "BETTER EDUCATED" THAN THE PAUPER LABOR OF EUROPE DURING THE 20TH CENTURY...
THUS OUR "SUCCESS..."
NEVER MIND THAT WE NEEDED IMMIGRANTS TO WORK THE MINES AND FACTORIES FOR PEANUTS...AND DIDN'T CARE IF THEY SPOKE ENGLISH...OR NOT.
NEVER MIND THAT MOST OF OUR REALLY HIGH LEVEL SCIENTISTS AND INTELLECTUALS WERE EUROPEANS....OR EAST EUROPEAN JEWS...WHO IMMIGRATED HERE TO ESCAPE EUROPEAN POLITICAL MOVEMENTS.
NEVERMIND THAT AMERICANS ARE THE MOST ANTI-INTELLECTUAL NATION ON EARTH...
NO...BROOKS IS NEVER TROUBLED BY THE TRUTH...OR FLUMMOXED BY THE FACTS...
LIKE A TRUE "CONSERVATIVE"...IF HE IS ONE...
(OR DOES HE JUST PLAY ONE ON TV...?)
WHEN BROOKS GETS A CRACKPOT IDEA.... HE STICKS WITH IT!!
