I had to make a new, reversed tag because David Brooks has almost officially converted to The Church of We're Fuckedism. As a deacon, I'm thrilled!
There are some very valid critiques of the article in the NYT comments section, but my goodness, has this guy done a 180 over the last few years from his unbelievably naive #lolbrooks days.
It's in my third paragraph when it hits me: "Oh, shit, I agree with David Brooks. ...Maybe there's something wrong with me??"