You can't mount affirmative defenses of elitism and establishmentarianism. Brazenness and apologia are your only options. I pick brazenness.
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@wwlbjd the little I've seen of his writings sound more like a canny co-option of non-elite narratives than an affirmative defense of elite
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More affirmation of the wealthy as enablers/stewards of the best. Aristocratic a la Nietzsche. But he was a rags-to riches Maecenas so

