Regular readers might know of my fascination with “midwit”. This internet meme can take some explaining.
In essence, a midwit opinion is one that has a veneer of sophistication, because it goes against popular tastes, but is itself just another kind of herd behaviour. Sneering at Dubai is midwit. The unexamined liberalism of the now-troubled Daily Show was classic midwit.
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Janan Ganesh is the principal political columnist for the Financial Times.
