Here's How to Start That Trust Thing, David Brooks

In an MSNBC on-air piece David Brooks allowed as how "blue cities are thriving" but that many folks left behind in the red states are "threatened economically, culturally, socially and they have no contact with the expert class." 

That set the rubes a-growling, because apart from Silicon Valley and the Capitol of Panem in Washington DC, what blue states states are thriving? New York? Jaysey? I mean, people are leaving blue states in the hundreds of thousands.

But Brooks finished up with the idea that the "expert class" in the Capitol should reach out to the folks in the Districts, for "those of us in the expert class – journalism and academia – have to do a better job of reaching out in post-Trump, establishing relationships and showing some respect."

And this: "the only way to cure distress is through trustworthy relationships. It's by keeping promises to people who are unlike yourself."

Well, yeah, David.

Here's an idea, pal. To rebuild trust relationships.

How about you "experts" decide that the drip, drip, drip move from in-person voting with voter ID to mail-in voting with no checks, no nothing, and anyone can make a provisional vote on Election Day, trust us, we will check to make sure that no duplicate voting happens. How about we put a stop to that, which seems, from our deplorable point of view, to be a way for Democrats to manufacture how ever many votes it takes to win.

Of course we all know that Democrats are as clean as the wind-driven snow, starting with crystal-clear Joe Biden that has never had a hint of scandal in 47 years in the Capitol, and Kamala Harris, who is almost a nun when it comes to purity. But, wouldn't you say that elections should not even have the teenyist smidge of an appearance of skullduggery?

See, from our twisted point of view it looks real weird that, year after year, Democrats keep wanting to change the rules on voting, whether it is Motor Voter to let people register when they get their drivers licenses, to early voting, to all-mail voting like we have in Washington State.

The last time we had in-person voting in Washington State was in 2008, as I recall. And I found it interesting when I went to vote on Election Day that there were a ton more young voters than I was used to. See what I mean? In-person voting gives you a feet-on-the-ground feel about what is going down.

There are a lot of other things on my agenda, but never mind about that right now.

How about the ruling class, the expert class, the graduates from selective colleges, the educated people, the evolved people, how about you chaps all extend the hand of trust. How about you say look, you bitter clingers really have no ground for suspicion, because, after all, we experts are all educated and evolved and anti-racist, and compassionate and passionately devoted to justice, but still, just this once we will do something to show you that we really are the good guys. We will let you have your cringingly old-fashioned and stupid in-person voting.

And meanwhile, we experts and moralists will go full speed ahead on climate change and systemic racism. Because we are special.