The Limousine Liberal Concept of A Heritage Retreat

The StarTribune has done it again. The homessunday section of the July 6, 2014 brags about some rich family from Minneapolis that had architects design " . . .a new cottage that was large enough for generous-sized gathering spaces, but not massive or ostentatious, 'overwhelming the peninsula.'"

This cottage is 3700 square feet, with a carriage house and a bought adjacent cabin, referred to by the designers as a compound, about 8,000 square feet to sleep 20 people. That living room with the arched ceiling and panoramic view seem beautiful, both a showcase living room and atrophy house. The opulent, pure white sofa is not meant for grandchildren with sand on their little feet, and running in with wet bathing suits and smudged faces. Likely the children and hoi polloi sleep in and romp in the adjacent cabin. None of these little people mucking things up over at the big house. The mini-mansion is off limits to the vulgar and common folk.

The Star Tribune likes to show off how the few, rich elite people live, while the rest of Minnesotans are supposed to live in urban high rises, one bed room apartments next to mass transit. The masses are to be nanny state subsidized and controlled while the few privileged rulers live in town to keep the herd in check while escaping to a heritage retreat that looks like something 3M executives would build for entertaining important clients at the lakeside, corporate fun palace.

We will have some poor and some rich in the Brave New World that I envision. Most people will be individuators, smart, independent, successful. prosperous, creative and upper middle class. They would not care what the rich family from Minneapolis built, and nor would they take orders from them.