Get over your imaginary culture war, David Brooks

Brooks writes in the NYT today,

Rich people used to set their own norms. For example, if one rich person wanted to use the company helicopter to aerate the ponds on his properties, and the other rich people on his board of directors thought this a sensible thing to do, then he could go ahead and do it without any serious repercussions.

But,

Now lifestyle standards for the privileged class are set by people who live in Ward Three...a section of Northwest Washington, D.C., where many Democratic staffers, regulators, journalists, lawyers, Obama aides and senior civil servants live...they [now] get to insert themselves into the intricacies of upscale life, influencing when private jets can be flown, when friends can lend each other their limousines and at what golf resorts corporate learning retreats can be held.

This blogger says, great! What's the problem?

But Brooks thinks this is an issue because the bobos of Ward Three are jealous of rich people. Since they don't really make a lot of money in comparison to their social status, and have to spend it all on housing and private school tuition.

Right.

It's not the first time he's based an entire piece of writing on a baseless caricature of some hated, liberal group or person. How does this crap keep getting published?