floofloof@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 个月前The Cowardice of Eliteswww.currentaffairs.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down11cross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.ee
arrow-up1114arrow-down1external-linkThe Cowardice of Eliteswww.currentaffairs.orgfloofloof@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 个月前message-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.ee
minus-squaremortalic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 个月前Stop calling them elites. Call them wealth parasites.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 个月前What’s the difference?
minus-squaremortalic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 个月前Elites 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 个月前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.
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.