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The Oligarchs, the Courtiers, and the Others (Written by a University Professor)
American Thinker ^ | 23 Feb, 2021 | Marek Jan Chodakiewicz

Posted on 02/23/2021 4:48:14 AM PST by MtnClimber

Some thirty years ago I watched how flabbergasted parents of a Columbia University freshman, a.k.a., “first year,” reacted with incredulity to their daughter’s shrill peroration about the necessity to remove crosses from all public spaces so as “not to offend anyone.” Her folks showed up in New York to fetch her home for Thanksgiving. They yearned for familial continuity. Instead, a chain of love snapped, perhaps irreparably, because within three short months, their daughter became indoctrinated in the dogma of what we now refer to as wokeness.

The young (former) lady became a janissary, one of the active participants in the revolution of the One Percent. There are several levels in the woke revolutionary hierarchy. For the sake of clarity we can describe their representatives separately but, in reality, they tend to overlap.

The gazzillionaire One Percenters stand at the top, of course. The oligarchs are followed by the courtiers. The latter consist of several categories. Some of the courtiers are loyal, and well-remunerated, personal attendants, perhaps sometimes even junior partners, maybe even friends, who identify completely with the One Percenters. The personal attendants tend to be both comforters and problems solvers. Others can be ubiquitous “experts,” often guns for hire. They will work for the highest bidder. Both sub-sets include lawyers, investors, foundation heads, and other enablers at the highest end.

A bit lower at the courtier rung, there are classical minions. They are the hangers on, attracted by power and wealth. Always eager to please their One Percent masters, they live off of the crumbs of the tables of the oligarchs and bask in the light of their reflected glory.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: culturalmarxism; tyranny

1 posted on 02/23/2021 4:48:14 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

The US Constitution seems to factor into very little of government actions anymore.


2 posted on 02/23/2021 4:48:27 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

The law is “whatever”.


3 posted on 02/23/2021 4:51:09 AM PST by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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To: MtnClimber
We now live in a color coded anti-white male feminized society that has been rubber stamped by the US Supreme Disappointment. A Constitution not followed is worse than no Constitution at all. This state of affairs breeds contempt for the government in the intelligent, and a sentimental belief in the phony protections it was supposed to have in the weak minded. As such, the Constitution now provides a fig leaf for the naked aggression of the socialist statist agenda.
4 posted on 02/23/2021 4:52:10 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: MtnClimber

Marek Jan Chodakiewicz: not surprising that he’s Polish. As my Polish born wife said to me after Obama was elected a selected time, “I fled Communism, but it looks like it followed me here.”


5 posted on 02/23/2021 5:25:57 AM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: central_va

Well said!


6 posted on 02/23/2021 5:36:35 AM PST by Aevery_Freeman (The Mob rises; the Monarchy trembles; the blade sings its lone song...)
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To: MtnClimber
70%... An article on FR yesterday noted that 70% of our young folks can no longer qualify serve in the military..

Too fat, Too dumb and too sedated... The more we send them to school, the worse they get.. Brainwashed.!

7 posted on 02/23/2021 5:55:23 AM PST by unread (A REPUBLIC..! If you can keep it....)
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To: central_va
A Constitution not followed is worse than no Constitution at all."

Bears repeating...

8 posted on 02/23/2021 5:57:36 AM PST by unread (A REPUBLIC..! If you can keep it....)
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To: MtnClimber

Wow. Chodakiewicz nails it.


9 posted on 02/23/2021 6:03:21 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: MtnClimber

That’s deep.


10 posted on 02/23/2021 6:52:25 AM PST by Democrat = party of treason
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To: ClearCase_guy
The law is...

The Iron Law of Oligarchy

11 posted on 02/23/2021 8:22:17 AM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not my current tagline.)
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