Posted on 01/21/2024 9:04:06 AM PST by Rummyfan
Pollster Scott Rasmussen conducted two separate surveys, each covering 1,000 “Members of the Elites.” The results are remarkable, not to say shocking. But the starting point is, who was defined as “elite” for purposes of these surveys?
The Elites are defined as those having a postgraduate degree, a household income of more than $150,000 annually, and living in a zip code with more than 10,000 people per square mile. Approximately 1% of the total U.S. population meets these criteria.
Ten thousand people per square mile represents a high-density urban environment. But in that context, $150,000 a year is no princely salary. Nationwide, it takes far more–around $650,000 annually–to be in the top 1% in income. A person who lives in a big city and earns $150,000 is not, in any financial sense, elite.
So the key element in Rasmussen’s formula is having a postgraduate degree. Basically, what we are surveying here is people with graduate degrees who live in cities, the large majority of whom don’t make a great deal of money. Many in that group are probably women, although Rasmussen says the survey results were “lightly weighted” by gender, age and race. Rasmussen also defined a subcategory of “Ivy League elites,” consisting of graduates of one of the eight Ivy League schools, plus Northwestern, Duke, Stanford and the University of Chicago.
These “elites,” so defined, are living in another world than the rest of us. They are extraordinarily loyal to the regime; 84% of them approve of Joe Biden’s performance as president. I wouldn’t have thought you could get that high an approval rating if you sampled the Democratic National Committee. And 70% of the “elites” trust the government to do the right thing most of the time; that rises to 89% among those who are “the most politically active members of the elite.”
These elites even trust journalists: 79% have a favorable opinion of them, as do 84% of the “Ivy League elite.”
When it comes to policy, these people are crazy. Forty-seven percent say that America suffers from too much freedom, compared with only 21% who think we have too much government control. Among the Ivy League elite, 55% say America is too free, with only 15% saying we have too much government.
So how do the elites want to limit our excessive freedom? A shocking 77% say they favor the “strict rationing of gas, meat and electricity.” That basically means living in a poor, totalitarian state like the USSR. And by 89% to 10%, the Ivy League elites want to see “strict rationing” of these most basic commodities.
These “elites” are fascists. Large majorities want to ban gas stoves (69%), gasoline powered cars (72%), non-essential air travel (55%), SUVs (58%) and air conditioning (53%). The Ivy League elites are even worse: the corresponding numbers are 80% for gas stoves, 81% for gasoline powered cars, 70% for non-essential air travel, 66% for SUVs, and 68% want to ban air conditioning. There is no polite way to put it: they are fascists.
There is more at the link. The people whom Rasmussen has identified are obviously dangerous to our democracy. If they take over, we are finished. More study needs to be done to figure out who, exactly, they are, so we can root them out and negate their influence. In the meantime, some moderate measures probably need to be taken. Like abolishing the Ivy League.
To ask is to know.
Not crazy. They run the gamut from misguided to evil.
They’re not elite, and they’re not crazy.
They’re just a bunch of evil traitorous assholes.
That’s all.
NO, not crazy.
Evil.
Too much evil is tolerated and labeled as *crazy* or *stupid* these days. People are afraid to call a spade a spade instead label it as something else, less *offensive*.
I was going to go with ‘evil’...
No, we are the crazy ones for putting up with them.
Time to man (and woman) the pitchforks and run them out of town!
Dingbat women.
Trying to overcompensate for not being taked seriously as intellectuals, they allow themselves to be led around by the nose via their feelings.
See also Orwell’s quote about the young women being the most fanatical party members.
Repeal the 19th.
For starters.
This explains the ex-President of Harvard and her vigorous defense by so many. 84% of the Ivy League establishment don't understand the basics of good scholarship. You know, a thesis that is plausible supported by demonstrable facts that you have documented and can demonstrate. It also helps that some of the ideas or explanations are yours and not just copied from someone else. And the whole thing without obvious inconsistencies or other logical flaws.
Journalists fail this standard, and by extension so do their ivy league readers, 84% of them anyway.
they are ELITISTS, but not elite even though they like to think so... they just have money
I was in Seattle yesterday, near the university district on a walk , listening to the educated people. I overheard many conversations and they really believe Joe Biden inherited this mess from Trump. Well educated, wealthy older Americans, so liberal in thought. I’m still wondering why? Seattle is an odd place.
“Evil appears as good in the minds of those whom God leads to destruction.”
They get their news and opinion from PBS, CNN, and MSNBC. And they believe every word of it, and further believe these sources are unbiased straight new organizations.
Crazy? No.
Insane, yes.
Elite? Only in their own minds and the minds of the MSN.
I prefer the term “Fasctastic”
Conformists, for sure. But I can’t figure out how the seed first germinated.
I overheard many conversations and they really believe Joe Biden inherited this mess from Trump. Well educated, wealthy older Americans, so liberal in thought. I’m still wondering why?
Why would it seem unlikely that they are crazy??
I am crushed. I have the education, but I am a little short on the income, and I live in a zip code where the population is more like 10,000 in 100 square miles. So I guess I am not a “Elite”.
“...they really believe Joe Biden inherited this mess from Trump.”
No, they don’t. They just say they do in an attempt to control the hoi polloi.
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