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I don't understand your argument. When GP says "local students always accept that the rich get to set them.", they are saying US students accepted the fact that
by jorams 8y ago
I don't understand your argument. When GP says "local students always accept that the rich get to set them.", they are saying US students accepted the fact that the rich got to set the rules. That seems, to me, the opposite of "distrusting elites". It also seemed to be used in favor of Trump: "he's a successful businessman, so he must be fit to lead the country."
Maybe our definition of "elites" is different? To me Americans seem to distrust the government, while trusting rich people much more.
- majormajor 8y agoI think you're misunderstanding his usage of "on their behalf." I think the poster means a distrust of claims that a decision is for the third-party's good. The rich setting the rules is transparently favor of the rich. And you're expected to also optimize for yourself. This might be accepted by some more easily than rules set "for the greater good" if one is particularly cynical about such claims.
- fallingfrog 8y agoA lot of that might be down to an extremely well funded marketing/persuasion campaign.. there is an aspect of genuine belief too though, no denying it.