ANALYSIS: TRUE. I’ve thought a lot about why the left largely ignores @Chris_arnade’s remarkable book, Dignity, a book on poverty and class in America. I think it’s because he challenges the core identity of Democrats, and they can’t see in the blind spot he identifies.

Plus: “When Dems discuss social problems, it’s largely a performative dance focused not on addressing those problems but using those problems to validate their own social status.”