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In a capitalist society, though, it's next to impossible for super-rich to not be part of the elite. It's right in the name. People with capital are running the
by TheCoelacanth 5y ago
In a capitalist society, though, it's next to impossible for super-rich to not be part of the elite. It's right in the name. People with capital are running the show.
- thaumasiotes 5y agoWhat is a capitalist society?
- rhizome 5y agoCapitalism was invented to manage the slaver's business model in the US, so as long as "the elite" is defined to include the economic class of slavers, the US groups the super-rich and the mere business successes largely within a single discourse. I see this as an aspirational application of hyperdescent[1] by the slavers to elevate themselves in the US's emerging power structure, since I highly doubt the (pre-existing) super-rich would have said "the violent hicks? Yeah they're with us" as the US's self-conception was developing. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperdescent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperdescent