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> This is not an elite thing. He's not talking about the Koch, Gates and Murdoch type elites He's talking about the "I read the New Yorker and shop at whole f
by throwaway0a5e 5y ago
> This is not an elite thing.
He's not talking about the Koch, Gates and Murdoch type elites
He's talking about the "I read the New Yorker and shop at whole foods" type elites who make the bulk of the noise and drive most of the discourse around these sorts of issues despite their landscaper being the one who's actually hurt by high energy costs.
- DangitBobby 5y agoYou can also reliably interchange the word "elites" with "people whose opinions I don't agree with" and you'd have a slightly more honest assessment.
- arlort 5y agoNo matter how you cut it if your definition of elite says that absolute majorities at the ballot box / in opinion polls are elites it's either wrong or not a very useful definition of elite