Laz, my dear,
You stated, “...elitists have been around since the 1600’s or even earlier...”
“Elitists” have been around forever.
Common folk have been fighting against the “elitists” since well before the 1600’s. Many common folk desire for the “elitists” to LEAVE US ALONE and abide by The United States Constitution and its first ten amendments: The Bill of Rights.
The ideals of our founding fathers unfortunately have not come to fruition.
What a shame.
I believe their premise to be what we are all about...
Unfortunately, there is EVIL in this world. There are people who want what we have - er, HAD: FREEDOM.
D*mn. There is so much EVIL in this world.
We had a pretty good run.
We lost it the moment that we lost God.