A tip for commentators: when you would say "our elites", instead say "we". Put away the whiny, populist self-othering, and take some responsibility. The worldview of responsible government starts with this perspective shift.
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Suppose the difference between poseur and player in this case is the gravitas of the individual in question.
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One should never presume to be an elite unless one has some kind of indisputable title, but for intellectuals who aspire to consequence, it is crucial to format your ideas for the user, ie power.
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Americans would probably say the existence of a class like that is bad, not sure it’s avoidable and it can be a serious check on entrenched power if rich/independent enough.
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Americans, and liberalism, say a lot of things are bad. We exist to examine those predjudices with a critical and thoughtful eye, accepting where they are right, challenging where wrong.
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Dunno maybe this is the old-world-Europe speaking, but a social class with a set of shared attitudes constitutes an elite from which office holders can be drawn - and to which office holders are connected by bonds of friendship/kinship/protektsia. Such a class self regulates.
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Massive part of the Trump backlash is that he doesn’t care what this class thinks.
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Strongly agree that an active, contentious and empowered citizenry means having a bench of intellectual heavyweights in the public sphere who consciously identify and speak as part of the elite.
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