> According to cynics, the world operates in a certain way, the elites are always the same, and will always be the same. This already betrays a cynical outlook

> According to cynics, the world operates in a certain way, the elites are always the same, and will always be the same. This already betrays a cynical outlook: “the elites are always the same”.[1] Yes, the world has been run by elites since the agricultural revolution. So now it’s just a fact of life (to the author). Attempts at egalitarianism (i.e. from capitalism to socialism to communism) have failed. That’s what I am cynical about. [1] Although you might be perfectly OK with this and thus not a “cynic” about it if you own more wealth than a certain threshold.