I used to be somewhat in awe of the so called elite but 20 plus years on FR has wiped out that delusion for me. Actually I would say the first year here pretty much completed that bit of education.
Destroying the reputation of the self-appointed “elites” is a critical part of our job here.
They make it easy for us.
I long ago learned that the very rich are generally not smarter than us. I’ve seen some of the stupidest things done by rich elitists.
But they just move on and since they have piles of money their life is not negatively affected like it would be for me.
If I blew $20k on something dumb I’d be a wreck. They just go on to the next thing, generally oblivious to the mess they left behind.