floofloof@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThe Cowardice of Eliteswww.currentaffairs.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down11
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minus-squaremortalic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 month agoStop calling them elites. Call them wealth parasites.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoWhat’s the difference?
minus-squaremortalic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month 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-down3·1 month 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.