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For many, the phrase "ruling class" symbolizes jet-setting metropolitans. Historian Patrick Wyman argues that an entirely different and more banal group wield a level of power and cultural influence that is out of proportion with their identity.

"American Gentry" by Patrick Wyman - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/trump-american-gentry-wyman-elites/620151/

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VivaLaXVBrigada

I swear to God, Patrick Wyman must simply be constitutionally incapable of having a boring discussion. I could listen to him talk about pretty much anything for days on end.

Scott Willis

Do elite podcasters and content creators -- like Patrick Wyman -- make up part of the gentry? Seems to me like they check almost all of Wyman's boxes. I find it fascinating how this class of people can be so critical of a system which they themselves have used to their own advantages.