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The “elite” that the right hates are liberals and intellectuals, or whatever other object they are directing their endless two-minutes-hate at at the time. It’s

• Kamq 4y ago
  > The “elite” that the right hates are liberals and intellectuals In the context of being exempt from the draft, the biggest class of relevant people would have been those attending college. I don't think you can separate these that easily. > It’s not really “the elite” as understood in the context of, say, Fortunate Son. I mean, fair, but we're in the middle of a political transition that hasn't fully played out yet. I wouldn't rely on them being as separate as they are forever. They explicitly call out senators, and I don't know a single person on the right that likes traditional politicians these days. Hell, a little over a year ago a bunch of them were willing to call for the hanging of a politician nominally on their own side. Personally, I think the days of the business wing of the republican party are numbered. So far as I can tell, we seem to be headed for a political system with a socially progressive big business-friendly party and a socially conservative party that seriously distrusts institutions, especially those from New England/the west coast (not too dissimilar from the old southern-democrats).
  • soco 4y ago
    Is the socially conservative institutions-distrusting party doing without institutions? Or they aim to replace everything (including democracy) with their own institutions?
    • Kamq 4y ago
      Are you looking for the ideals I think they're going to have or the likely outcome that I think it's going to result in?