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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  3039 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: You Should Be Terrified That People Who Like “Hamilton” Run Our Country

The thesis of the article is that Hamilton is such a 1%er corner-case self-congratulatory celebration of elitism that the chattering class has completely lost sight of the fact that their tastes are now utterly alien to the other 99% of America. It represents the cultural experience of the elite as a complete and utter bubble, and Hamilton as a vehicle to make that bubble even more insular.