The Atlantic | November 2002 | Superiority Complex | Brooks : ...We have democratized elitism in this country. Now everybody can be a snob...you can construct your own multimedia community, in which every magazine you read, every cable show you watch, every radio station you listen to, reaffirms your values and reinforces the sense of your own rightness. it is possible, maybe even inevitable, that you will slide into a solipsism that allows you precious little contact with people totally unlike yourself. but in your enclosed sphere you will feel very important... (via Karl Martino, garret p vreeland)