One of the more nuanced breakdowns of Bari Weiss' career arc, from John Ganz' The Political Economy of Reaction. johnganz.substack.com/p/the-politica… 
Reminds me of a side conversation we had with @danieleharper and @_Jack_Graham_ on @idsgpod, in reference to Weiss' membership in the ~Heterodox Opinion Havers Society~. Ganz compares Bari and her fellow-travelers to the losers of 18th c Paris' crumbling linterary class.
I don't know enough about the history of the era to assess Ganz' comparison in detail, but I think there's something to be said for the theory that ostensibly diverse figures like GG, Tucker, Bari, and others desire both radical chic AND establishment security.
Some are obviously "going mask off", but the idea that others are scrambling to shore up their position in the face of an eroding, winner-takes-all commentary class — with a bitter flavor of reactionary cultural conservatism as a natural result? Rings true.
Among other things, it explains that set's particular existential horror at the idea of 'cancellation' — something that is, fundamentally, just the turning of collective attention away from a repugnant figure.
For a culture-products-busker, it IS a very particular kind of death.
For a culture-products-busker, it IS a very particular kind of death.
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