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The "elites"? That's a funny term for people who own commercial real estate.
by bperki8 3y ago
The "elites"? That's a funny term for people who own commercial real estate.
- adamnemecek 3y agoI think it goes beyond that. Your average pointy haired boss loves asses in seats.
- bperki8 3y agoNot sure how your comment makes it any less strange to call these people "elite".
- adamnemecek 3y agoElites are fundamentally people who have power over you. Your boss has power over you.
- Ekaros 3y agoYour average line manager is no more elite than you the worker are. Depending on the depth of structure, to get to elites you need to go one or two levels up.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> The “elites”? That’s a funny term for people who own commercial real estate You think commercial real estate isn’t disproportionately owned, directly or indirectly, by the narrow haut bourgeoisie?
- bperki8 3y agoWhere did I express any distaste for actually descriptive terms like "bourgeoisie"? Only on the Internet is purposefully misconstruing someone's statement seen as a valid method of communication.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> Where did I express any distaste for actually descriptive terms like “bourgeoisie”? Who do you think the elite in a capitalist society are? “Elite” is accurate and descriptive, and more common in casual conversation, than, e.g., “haut bourgeoisie”. (And “bourgeoisie” alone is different, as it includes the petit bourgeoisie, who are both less of an elite, though still one compared to the proletariat, and much less significant in terms of the thing being discussed, control of commercial real-estate.)
- xiphias2 3y agoI think it may be a lot of pension funds, where the choice was made by the fund managers, not the asset owners.
- vasco 3y agoI can't take anyone serious that uses terms like "elites", I'm with you.