Is David Brooks an Idiot?

There's no question that David Brooks is attracted to fine creases in a black man's pants.  He told us that.

But there is legitimate question as to whether Brooks' IQ exceeds room temperature in a Siberian barn in December, as Steve Sailer demonstrates.

Example:

If you start in rural New England and drive down into Appalachia or across into the Upper Midwest you will be driving through county after county with few immigrants. These rural places are often 95 percent white…. They are often marked by economic stagnation, social isolation, family breakdown and high opioid addiction.  (Brooks)

First of all, is it even true that immigration correlates with prosperity? After all, when adjusted for cost of living, California has both the most foreign-born residents and the most impoverished people in the country. The state with the second-highest percentage of poor people is Florida, which has the second-highest percentage of immigrants.  (Sailer)

You want another?  No problem!!  (Brooks' remarks remain indented, except for the quote from Reiner.)

It is a blunt fact of life that, these days, immigrants show more of these virtues than the native-born.

...So, of course immigrants bring prosperity to wherever admits them, unlike those ignorant rednecks in West Virginia.

For example, The Colony on the beach in Malibu, Calif., which is home to outspoken Democrats like Barbra Streisand and Rob Reiner, is very pro-immigration, having voted 67–26 for Hillary over Trump in 2016. Malibu recently declared itself a “sanctuary city.” During the Democrats’ failed government shutdown, Reiner thundered:

Make no mistake, this shutdown boils down to one thing: RACISM. GOP frightened to death of the browning of America. They will lose this last big battle of the Civil War. Diversity is our strength.

As Brooks’ theory would predict, the residents of The Colony reap their rightful rewards for their tolerance, virtue, and opposition to borders, living in homes with an average price of $13 million, the highest in Los Angeles County.

On the other hand, as Brooks’ hypothesis would not predict, Malibu is also the whitest municipality in the huge county. And Reiner’s walled-in gated celebrity community of The Colony is even whiter....

Why, yes, the immigrants brought prosperity!!  They do the gardening, construction, and housemaid work for FAR less than minimum wage, and without any of those silly Governmental programs like OSHA oversight, overtime pay, FUCA and SUCA......we could go on, but you get the point.

David Brooks struggles to get past those creases.