{"id":12858,"date":"2010-08-06T10:36:37","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T17:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=12858"},"modified":"2010-08-06T16:03:13","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T23:03:13","slug":"radical-chic-oh-baby-how-ive-missed-ya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/12858\/radical-chic-oh-baby-how-ive-missed-ya\/","title":{"rendered":"Radical Chic – Oh Baby How I’ve Missed Ya"},"content":{"rendered":"

Radical chic is a term coined by journalist Tom Wolfe[citation needed] to describe the pretentious and fashionable adoption of radical political causes by celebrities, socialites, and high society. The concept has been described as “an exercise in double-tracking one’s public image: on the one hand, defining oneself through committed allegiance to a radical cause, but on the other, vitally, demonstrating this allegiance because it is the fashionable, au courant way to be seen in moneyed, name-conscious Society.”[1] Unlike dedicated activists, revolutionaries, or dissenters, those who engage in radical chic remain frivolous political agitators. They are ideologically invested in their cause of choice only so far as it advances their social standing. – From Wikipedia<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama was inaugurated with much pomp and circumstance, and today, some year and a half later, remains (IMO) a polarizing figure in American politics. So, when I, as a member of the real estate community, read about the overt actions of the Federal Government under the leadership of Mr. Obama, and contemplate both the merits and missteps of his administration, I cannot but yearn for some few hours with the elite of American society who swept him into office with their own brand of ideological one-upsmanship. <\/p>\n

Yesterday Brian Brady<\/a> commented that he had not been invited to attend the reported meeting on August 17th of the Obama’s administration’s attempt to overhaul or repair Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. <\/p>\n

That got me thinking about an old essay by Tom Wolfe.<\/p>\n

The essay, Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny\u2019s \u201c. . . It\u2019s a tricky business, integrating new politics with tried and true social motifs . . .\u201d<\/strong><\/a> from New York Magazine on June 8, 1970, got me wishing for a few hours of time with just about any of the elite of American society that ushered in and oversaw the coronation of their very own so chic, so hip, so nimble and enlightened<\/em> leader. But the radical chic, those who helped elect this President, and with it the seemingly endless policy shifts away from accountability toward mediocrity and the continued Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Radical chic is a term coined by journalist Tom Wolfe[citation needed] to describe the pretentious and fashionable adoption of radical political causes by celebrities, socialites, and high society. The concept has been described as “an exercise in double-tracking one’s public image: on the one hand, defining oneself through committed allegiance to a radical cause, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,7,212,2,29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12858","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-casual-friday","7":"category-enduring-interest","8":"category-flourishing","9":"category-general","10":"category-group-therapy","12":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1848,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1848\/oh-good-grief-not-another-one-stealth-real-estate-start-up-is-long-on-promises-short-on-details\/","url_meta":{"origin":12858,"position":0},"title":"Oh, good grief, not another one! “Stealth” real estate start-up is long on promises, short on details","author":"Greg Swann","date":"August 24, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"If Groucho Marx were to come back to us as a hen, aghast but still sardonic, what would he (she?) do? Peck around in the dirt, no doubt. Comes next a \"stealth\" start-up called roost.com, which promises \"to fundamentally change how customers find & move into their next home.\" When\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Disintermediation"","block_context":{"text":"Disintermediation","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/disintermediation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7491,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/7491\/after-the-great-recession-what-will-real-estate-be-like\/","url_meta":{"origin":12858,"position":1},"title":"After the Great Recession: What Will Real Estate Be Like","author":"Glenn Kelman","date":"March 16, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Over at Redfin, we've been wondering plenty what the world will look like after the Great Recession. It feels as though we're falling and falling, like Alice in Wonderland, with no idea what strange new world awaits us at the bottom of this very deep downturn. What will the Internet\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Real Estate"","block_context":{"text":"Real Estate","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/real-estate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3752,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3752\/another-real-estate-model-a-less-radical-variation-on-a-current-theme-that-can-work-within-the-present-regulatory-context-a-national-franchise-of-real-estate-franchisors-each-of-whom-is-committed-t\/","url_meta":{"origin":12858,"position":2},"title":"Another real estate model, a less-radical variation on a current theme that can work within the present regulatory context: A national franchise of real estate franchisors, each of whom is committed to sustaining the value of the brand","author":"Greg Swann","date":"August 4, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I read Rob Hahn's ideas about brokerage-as-law-firm last week. I thought that much was kind of naive -- a reflection of a lack of understanding the legal realities of real estate brokerage -- but I didn't jump in because I thought some of his other ideas were interesting. Here's the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Disintermediation"","block_context":{"text":"Disintermediation","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/disintermediation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17425,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17425\/overnight-news-my-revised-forecast-puts-peak-2020-at-november-4th\/","url_meta":{"origin":12858,"position":3},"title":"Overnight News: My revised forecast puts Peak 2020 at November\u00a04th.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 2, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I have no non-trivial real estate news for you this morning. Usual weekend drought, plus I think the whole world is palsied by this election. The good(?) news is, win or lose, Donald Trump will be able to put down the riots on November 4th, hence its nomination in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Group Therapy"","block_context":{"text":"Group Therapy","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/group-therapy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ya think it's easy?","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17311,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17311\/overnight-news-if-feminism-were-about-women-instead-of-marxism-amy-coney-barrett-would-be-its-god\/","url_meta":{"origin":12858,"position":4},"title":"Overnight News: If feminism were about women instead of Marxism, Amy Coney Barrett would be its god.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"October 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"What's on your notepad? Housing Wire: Luxury home sales rise 41.5%, making biggest jump since 2013. CNBC: Mortgage rates set yet another record low, but applications fall. MyMove.com: Coronavirus Moving Study: People Left Big Cities, Temporary Moves Spiked In First 6 Months of COVID-19 Pandemic. Temporary move or buy-and-bail? The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Group Therapy"","block_context":{"text":"Group Therapy","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/group-therapy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ya think it's easy?","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":18513,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/18513\/overnight-news-dollar-tree-can-no-longer-promise-that-everythings-a-dollar-but-its-still-where-your-dollar-will-go-farther\/","url_meta":{"origin":12858,"position":5},"title":"Overnight News: Dollar Tree can no longer promise that \u201ceverything\u2019s a dollar!\u201d \u2013 but it\u2019s still where your dollar will go\u00a0farther.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 30, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I love dollar stores, but more than that, I love Dollar Tree. The biggest Dollar Tree on earth is just up 99th Avenue, and, accordingly, mine is the idolatry of Dollar Tree: Sex toys, dog toys and all manner of helpful doo-dads and storage solutions. It could be I like\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Real Estate"","block_context":{"text":"Real Estate","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/real-estate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ya think it's easy?","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12858"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12874,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12858\/revisions\/12874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}