I find the author's description of the E1 class persuasive. I think there is a selection effect here. To become a member of that class it is usually necessary

I find the author's description of the E1 class persuasive. I think there is a selection effect here. To become a member of that class it is usually necessary to be a clever, heartless sociopath, and so most of the people who achieve that status have such personalities. You want us to believe that today's E1 is not in fact an evil class, but you offer no specific arguments, instead just a vague historical one. Furthermore, you say, "What action is to happen varies, this form of argument has been used to justify everything from the taking of land and property to outright genocide." But as the article explained, what happened after WWII was instead the elite were restrained and forced to behave in a moral fashion, and the populations benefited enormously. I am going to assume that the reason you offer no specific arguments that today's E1 is not evil is because you don't have any remotely persuasive ones, and the reason you don't is because they are in fact evil.