Posted on 09/17/2025 3:08:13 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Despite having only watched “Good Will Hunting” twice in my life, I can quote a particular line from memory: “You wasted $150,000 on an education you coulda got for $1.50 in late charges at the public library.” This fictional moment has oddly frequented my mind and my conversations recently — the point made seems to be particularly relevant to politics in the United States. Will’s (Matt Damon, “The Martian”) statement is essentially attacking elitism, or the people in society who hold power, education and wealth. Recently, I’ve been wondering if perhaps Will’s logic applies to the current Democratic Party and their loss in the 2024 presidential election.
The definition of “elite” is complicated, as it possesses different connotations, but combining Merriam-Webster’s definitions gives us the most accurate one: “the best of a class,” “the socially superior part of society,” “a group of persons who by virtue of position or education exercise much power or influence.”
Within modern politics, liberals are typically associated with elitism. Fordham Political Review notes that “There’s a clear connection between liberal values and elite institutions, but with that comes a perception of elitism being synonymous with liberal spaces.” This becomes an issue when politicians then turn countries into a fight between populists versus the “elite.” The Brookings Institution explains: “Populists claim to represent the unified will of the people against the elite, positioning themselves as the true voice of the populace.” And populists often weaponize anti-intellectualism — which Merriam-Webster defines as “opposing or hostile to intellectuals or to an intellectual view or approach.”
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Elitism?
Nice try
Try pro assassinationism.
Bkmark
Elitism is ruining the country. The elitists told us that we had no right to challenge the 2020 Big Steal, or the 2022 AZ Steal, etc. Enough is enough.
Thank god the self-styled elites find no foothold in the Republican Party.
The Dems spent $1 billion on Kamala’s campaign and all they could come up with was to call Trump a fascist.
Well, that and the batshit crazy lunatics that vote blue. You know, trans, multi gender, homo, multicolored hair, septum piercing, Islamo-nazis. Those people.
The elites are pompous windbags and the sooner we treat them as such, the sooner we can improve the country.
Yeah, thank God. Hey Mitch and Thune, you ain’t an elitist like that fancy boy Pence are you? Jes’ checkin.
The people who are leaving the Democrat Party said they’re leaving because they are evil. That sounds about right.
I coul wholeheartedly place my decided vote with you all, but tempus fugit, so, yup!
No, evil is ruining the “party”...and this country.
I think the lad has confused educated with indoctrinated. A degree is definitely not synonymous with an education. Just watch student after student struggle to define a woman at a Charlie Kirk “Prove me wrong” event. It is true the Democrat party evolved from the populist party in the USA to a party dominated by a wealthy degreed urban elite with a base of rent seeking ne’er do wells who live off of welfare, government jobs, and Davis-Bacon Act union jobs. Meanwhile the Republicans have the great middle class and a big chunk of the working class who are drawn to traditional social values and/or believe they can climb the social ladder if the system is not rigged against them which it often is.
It's been ruined for decades.
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