floofloof@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThe Cowardice of Eliteswww.currentaffairs.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down11
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minus-squaremortalic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months 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-down3·2 months 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.
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.