We sometimes need to look at how we misuse words in making false assumptions. For instance, both sides talk about the "elites" -- they mean different things, but in general they mean those with power over the rest of us and those with more money than the rest of us. Actually, neither are those things makes anyone "elite" in the proper se…
We sometimes need to look at how we misuse words in making false assumptions. For instance, both sides talk about the "elites" -- they mean different things, but in general they mean those with power over the rest of us and those with more money than the rest of us. Actually, neither are those things makes anyone "elite" in the proper sense of the word. It has come to mean, through collective misuse, "those are are superior to the rest of us" because of wealth or social standing or power or allegedly intelligence. Actually, an "elite" is someone who honestly is the best at something, the most skilled at something. And none of the very wealthy or powerful or political are elite in that sense, unless by the best you mean the most ruthless or the most corrupt or the most willing to do anything for power and wealth. Remember the bumper sticker "The moral majority is neither"? Well, the so-called elites are not either. The tipping point is leaning to the down side. Either we are a nation of law and order and laws and equality. Or not. So far, it's not.
We sometimes need to look at how we misuse words in making false assumptions. For instance, both sides talk about the "elites" -- they mean different things, but in general they mean those with power over the rest of us and those with more money than the rest of us. Actually, neither are those things makes anyone "elite" in the proper sense of the word. It has come to mean, through collective misuse, "those are are superior to the rest of us" because of wealth or social standing or power or allegedly intelligence. Actually, an "elite" is someone who honestly is the best at something, the most skilled at something. And none of the very wealthy or powerful or political are elite in that sense, unless by the best you mean the most ruthless or the most corrupt or the most willing to do anything for power and wealth. Remember the bumper sticker "The moral majority is neither"? Well, the so-called elites are not either. The tipping point is leaning to the down side. Either we are a nation of law and order and laws and equality. Or not. So far, it's not.