I think something this post overlooks; the "Elites", as in the investment bankers and capitalists, are vicariously cajoling the more gullible middle and upper-m

I think something this post overlooks; the "Elites", as in the investment bankers and capitalists, are vicariously cajoling the more gullible middle and upper-middle classes into voting against their own best interests. Money in politics is what gives "elites" supreme power of peer pressure over the "do gooder wanna be ivy-leagers" and "ivy league wanna be do-gooders" all at the same time.