Lots of people seem to agree with this analysis. There's all sorts of different theories on the nature of this elite. Some people even think it's the Illuminati or the Knights Templar or something like that.
My guess is that it's no single identifiable group, that it's simply a transnational elite who have common sympathies.
Alarmingly, many people seem to think that this elite is almost omniscient and omnipotent; that any apparent reverses it endures (Brexit, for instance) is simply a part of the Grand Plan; and that any apparent opposition to it (Jordan Peterson, for instance) is actually Controlled Opposition.
This theory seems unfalsifiable to me. The concept of the all-powerful, all-seeing elite is so flexible that it could wrap itself around any facts.
It also seems to fly in the face of experience. I've said that the propaganda of this elite is constant. What amazed me is how crude it is, as well.
Time and again we have seen that propaganda backfire. To take the example of Brexit again, "Project Fear" was so crude and alarmist that it couldn't be taken seriously.
Similarly, the sort of ideological propaganda that we're all subject to every day reaches such levels of overkill that it seems impossible that it wouldn't backfire.
I've heard some people argue that this is all a part of the plan. The reaction against it is also part of the plan. That just seems unlikely to me.
Another reason I think the elites can't be infallible is because human beings are too unpredictable. It regularly happens that somebody who's just too rich, too powerful, or too successful for the elites to silence breaks ranks and utters some heresy. Again, I'm sure you can think of many examples.
I don't think fatalism is a healthy attitude, and I don't think it's justified when it comes to this subject.
Karl
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I will say is that in my very limited experience of political and academic elites is that they do seem to view what they call the 'masses' with utter contempt and disdain, so the idea of a Global jet-setting elite is almost unarguable to me. In fact, I know someone who worked as a legal 'fixer' for them and he told me some tales. (Sorry for earlier name comment above.)
ReplyDeleteYes, I don't really think there's much (or any) question of its actual existence. Its nature is another thing.
Deleteno one is all seeing or all powerful. the important thing, to make any sense of it, is the recognition that this is part of a spiritual war. (i was going to say something about using the word 'elites' to describe parasites, but i know we have very different views on the degeneration of language, though this too is part of the spiritual war. it's like referring to the devil as a saint).
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I absolutely agree that it's a spiritual war. As for "elites", I would argue that it's a purely descriptive term. Somebody with far more money and power than the vast majority of people is a member of an elite, however they came to that position.
Deletemy linguistic quibble boils down to this: since Jesus used the term, although in another form (the elect), i think it is a spiritual trap to use it for his enemies.
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