It's mostly about people who have money and power. They go together. On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 10:18 AM, glen ☣ <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I remain confused by the concept of "elites". Each one of those listed in > the article is "anti-establishment". Is that what "elites" means? And if > so, then what does "establishment" mean? To be clear, I'm not asking for > any one person's opinion of who is or is not "elite" or what defines the > class according to that one slice. As I've already explained, I believe > all of us are elite in some sense, even if by the simple historicity of > evolution and ontogeny. E.g. I'm much more me than you are me. Or to wax > philsophical, the only person I know is conscious is me. Likewise, anyone > who can, say, type is elite. Anyone who can weld aluminum is elite. Etc. > > I'm asking for the archetype these people (some of whom are here on this > list) are referring to. It must be a _complex_ of attributes... those not > only with power, but with the Machiavellian ability and motivations to use > that power... the smoky back room negotiators ... the 12 Freemasons who run > the world... etc. As Black Sabbath describes: "Treating people like pawns > in chess." > > There's got to be some way to coherently define what they mean by "elites". > > On 01/27/2017 09:01 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: > > I'm presuming this sort of globalism will not be easy to disrupt, even > with the new culture of populism. But it is why I find populism, 10 > powerful versions of it (see original post and skim/read the article), a > bit threatening. And not just Trump .. there are 9 more given the article. > > -- > ☣ glen > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA merlelef...@gmail.com mobile: (303) 859-5609 skype: merle.lelfkoff2
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