floofloof@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe Cowardice of Eliteswww.currentaffairs.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down11cross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.ee
arrow-up1114arrow-down1external-linkThe Cowardice of Eliteswww.currentaffairs.orgfloofloof@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square8linkfedilinkcross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.ee
minus-squaremortalic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoStop calling them elites. Call them wealth parasites.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoWhat’s the difference?
minus-squaremortalic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoElites suggests they are somehow better. Wealth parasites suggests they are similar to ticks sucking the blood of society.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·1 year agoWhat? There is no such thing as some class of people who are better than others. So an “elite” just means someone who has taken power over other. An oppressor and, yes, a parasite.
Stop calling them elites. Call them wealth parasites.
What’s the difference?
Elites suggests they are somehow better. Wealth parasites suggests they are similar to ticks sucking the blood of society.
What? There is no such thing as some class of people who are better than others.
So an “elite” just means someone who has taken power over other. An oppressor and, yes, a parasite.