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Read the original definition you're responding to. The "elite" is referring to "the establishment" The "deep state" and the "swamp" represent the establishmen
by javascriptfan69 11mo ago
Read the original definition you're responding to.
The "elite" is referring to "the establishment"
The "deep state" and the "swamp" represent the establishment. You also have people like RFK Jr whose entire claim to fame is questioning the legitimacy of scientific institutions.
- paulsutter 11mo agoSo “establishment” means incumbents? So incumbents are the “elite”? That’s what you’re saying, which is absurd, but what you’re really thinking is that your people are better than other people I know is not a deliberate motte-and-bailey, it’s just so fully baked in that you can’t be objective about it
- javascriptfan69 11mo agoSorry, but if you don't know what anti-establishment means then you're too uninformed to be part of this conversation. Wikipedia has a great definition if you care.
- paulsutter 11mo agoImagine "the establishment" taken over by the worst people as you define it. Perhaps Trump and all the Trump associates you dislike most. Steve Bannon, you name it, the worst people you can think of. Would you call them elites?