[Daisyjane69]

In the old days, I used to think the people who spit out conspiracy theories about the “elites’ were nuts.

Now, I wonder if they are right.

[LibLieSlayer]

We are correct... Rush said back when he first started his program Nationally... when attending a GOP function in the Hamptons... the old guard asked him to get the SoCons to shut up... they told Rush that they did not like us attending the conventions etc... that we embarrassed them and especially their wives. They told him that they would never win elections as long as we always scream about abortion and guns. Rush told them to FO. That is your leadership... corrupt, evil and hateful.

LLS

[Cololeo]

Me too. Age and perspective change things. What I see happening now would have been unbelievable a few years back.

[MrB]

More accurately, it’s not the “elites”, it’s the “elitists”.

There are people whom you know, I’m sure, who are deferential to the “elites” or the “ruling class” (as long as they’re leftists) who don’t consider themselves to be part of that class. These are the sheeperals.

On the flip side, there are true elites who are not elitists, who, though they do have some special talents and resources, do not consider themselves capable or authorized to make decisions for others.

Read “intellectuals and society” by Thomas Sowell, and you’ll gain some of his great insight.