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There was an earlier comment on a different discussion where someone referred to "elites" as basically anyone who worked for the government or had a bachelors d
by MattGaiser 5y ago
There was an earlier comment on a different discussion where someone referred to "elites" as basically anyone who worked for the government or had a bachelors degree.
It is a lazy way to get people to agree with your argument when they wouldn't if you were forced to define who you precisely mean.
- epgui 5y agoIndeed, and it’s also terribly counter-productive in that it borders on anti-intellectualism. If you care about regular folks having a good life and having good opportunities, if you want the American dream (work hard and get rewarded) to be true, then a big part of that requires “vertical mobility”, and that means that you should want regular people to be able to achieve “elite status”. It’s not the existence of elites that is the problem, it’s how fairly opportunities are distributed and how fairly people are rewarded. Stated in another way, the problem is not the elite, the problem is how the elite is made.
- pjc50 5y agoExactly. So much politics is done by swearword association; "elite", "marxist", "fascist", "corporate", etc. Just stick the label on some non-specified group of bad people.