floofloof@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoThe Cowardice of Eliteswww.currentaffairs.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down11
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minus-squaremortalic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·8 months agoStop calling them elites. Call them wealth parasites.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoWhat’s the difference?
minus-squaremortalic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·8 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-down3·8 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.
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.