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Who are those darn "Elites"
« on: September 09, 2016, 05:46:42 PM »
Victor Davis Hanson nails.  And the thing is.  He points to past examples the current "elites" are missing.  Much to the their and our peril.

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Western elites have become today’s versions of the ossified Vatican of the fifteenth century, the cocooned court of Versailles in the age of Louis XVI during the last throes of the ancien régime, and the bloated Soviet apparatchiks on the dais during May Day parades in Moscow.

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Re: Who are those darn "Elites"
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2016, 06:43:07 PM »
No, Mr. Hanson. That is not the sort of privilege you are supposed to complain about.
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Re: Re: Who are those darn "Elites"
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2016, 07:44:19 PM »
Quote from: scout26 on September 09, 2016, 05:46:42 PM
Victor Davis Hanson nails.  And the thing is.  He points to past examples the current "elites" are missing.  Much to the their and our peril.

http://victorhanson.com/wordpress/?p=9443
Dont forget the feckless roman senators and aristocrats in 5th century western roman empire.
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