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Basically, an elitist thinks they're above their fellowman. I remember one who was shocked that I had a reproduction of an historic map. A normal person might be surprised; an elitist would ask "What are you doing with it?" as this one did, as though I should have asked for their permission.
Oh yeah, think the folks a Davos wasting fuel, flying private jets, to lecture us on killing Mother Nature-"How dare you!"
So you divide people as being 'elitist' vs an ordinary American and from your comment in post #9, ordinary Americans are blue collar workers with your political views. Everyone you meet slide into that narrow definition of elitist vs ordinary American?
God gave you the freedom to disagree with all of those who signed our Declaration of Independence and the rest of us who believe that everything we have comes from God. God endowed us with rights, that which is right, and also we can use those rights, those gifts, as God intended or not.
Then perhaps you ought to read up on conservative political theory. Ceding control to elites is antithetical to populism, but populism is not synonymous with conservatism, even though modern American conservatism has been nearly overrun by its populist wing. "A republic, not a democracy" has been a mantra among the Right since at least 1964. Here's a Heritage Foundation paper on the subject:
www.heritage.org
Nope. You are the one that defined what an 'ordinary American' is vs not.
If any group turned on "ordinary Americans", it was the Republicans. They are the ones that supported Reagan's 'trickle down economics' where the rich got big tax breaks with the expectation it would cause job growth. What a failure that was. No hedge manager has done a thing for 'ordinary Americans'. Trump promised manufacturing jobs. Didn't really happen."The way the elites think of the economy is very related to green ideology. They picture an economy in which the top 20 per cent keeps making over $100,000 a year and lives in nice neighbourhoods and nice cities. All production is done in China. All service-industry jobs are performed by slave-wage Venezuelans brought in by cartels. And everybody making under $100,000 a year – who used to be the working class – is on universal basic income. That’s the view that a lot of so-called progressives consciously or unconsciously have of their ideal economic system."- Batya Ungar-Sargon, on how the working classes are being sacrificed to elite virtue-signalling
The left has given up on ordinary Americans
Batya Ungar-Sargon on how the working classes are being sacrificed to elite virtue-signalling.www.spiked-online.com
Ms. Ungar-Sargon is not a right-wing Republican. She is an editor at Newsweek, also not a right-wing publication. From what I see in the political class, she is correct, and it's not necessarily just a Democrat view. Many Republicans have sold us down the river as well.
Billionaire Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, is also the owner of the Washington Post. He is very far from a Republican. Jack Dorsey, formerly of Twitter- Left-wing; Mark Zuckerburg, Facebook- Left wing. The $50,000...er, two $24,000 freezer owner, Nancy Pelosi, a "public servant" is worth $120 million. Not bad for a $174,000 a year salary!
Bezos is no liberal at all. Neither is Zuckerberg. Both would want the big tax break for them and want to make more money.
You wanted to know who fancied themselves as "the elite". You're welcome to include your list of Republicans as well - I previously said it included those on the right, too.
Yet your title reads "The Left has given up on ordinary Americans".
