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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Sebby is pretty candid about the fact that he comes here to provide an antidote to our liberal elitist groupthink, not because he always believes what he is saying. That being the case, I wonder why I let it irk me.
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I do not label the discourse here, or the participants, elitist. William Henry III holds my proxy on that definition. In some regards, say, views on free trade, and socially tolerant policy, the groupthink here is elitist. In some others, like momentarily fashionable extreme forms of identity politics and old-line redistributionist economic policies, it’s very non-elitist.
It’s also worth noting “elitist” works like Fight Club. If you suspect it applies to you, two other realities apply:
1. You’re being manipulated (like stupid voters who think saying they’re Republicans willsignal positive wealth status); and,
2. You’re not truly elite.
I’d limit the truly elite to the .0001%. If you’re there, why on earth are you here?
