floofloof@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoThe Cowardice of Eliteswww.currentaffairs.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down11
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minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 days agoWhat’s the difference?
minus-squaremortalic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·9 days 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-down3·9 days 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.
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.