Elitism and wealth, though often linked, are not the same. The term nouveaux riche highlights this difference: it refers to those who have gained wealth but lack the cultural status of the traditional elite. One can be rich without being part of the elite, as elitism is more about attitudes of superiority tied to education or social influence than money alone.
In American politics, Democrats are often branded as elitist due to their perceived condescension towards certain demographics, such as rural communities or southern voters. Critics argue that some Democrats dismiss these regions as culturally or intellectually inferior, suggesting that rural areas offer little value or substance. This perception of elitism stems from more than just economic disparity; it reflects a cultural and ideological divide. The urban-rural schism is not simply about money, but about who holds the power to shape discourse, values, and the future of society. Such perceptions fuel populist resentment, where rural or working-class voters feel alienated or belittled by what they view as a metropolitan, highly educated, and culturally insulated elite.
You can see some of this elitism right here in the comments in fact.
Trump is the urban elitist you are referencing. Why does he get a pass from the voters from rural places?
Trump has been snubbed and the laughing stock of elite NYC society for decades.
Because the media continually accepts and perpetuates the right wing framing of everything.
Because the media is owned and operated by rich men who benefit from putting the blame on others and calling it “news.”
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Because they are? Let’s not pretend several billionaires don’t have Democrats on their payroll too. Are we just ignoring the existence of pelosi and her corporate democrat ilk to make this point? Dems and Republicans are in the pockets of corporate america and billionaires. It’s not a secret that this country is a thinly veiled oligarchy
Nuh uh! Not my team!
…and even if it was true, my team is better than yours, so they deserve to rule.
To be brief, it’s propaganda designed to keep rural voters red. Ie- “those big city folk don’t care about you.”
To be fair, there is a kernel of truth there.
https://www.cracked.com/blog/6-reasons-trumps-rise-that-no-one-talks-about
The rural folk with the Trump signs in their yards say their way of life is dying, and you smirk and say what they really mean is that blacks and gays are finally getting equal rights and they hate it. But I’m telling you, they say their way of life is dying because their way of life is dying. It’s not their imagination. No movie about the future portrays it as being full of traditional families, hunters, and coal mines. Well, except for Hunger Games, and that was depicted as an apocalypse.
Propaganda makes you believe that one of the two party is your fiend. Meanwhile for the past century both the red and blue party has served elites interests and fuck over everyone else (including the planet). The proof is that you are a peasants and it would take you a couple of minutes just to visualize how much a billion is.
The system is working as intended. A country created by the wealthy, for the wealthy, and controlled by the wealthy.
Having said that the two sides of the same coin is a bunch of bullshit when you see 60+ years of hate and fear propaganda conducted by conservatives.
Making every modern amenity a partisan issue and is also no mistake. It is very clear one side is keeping us from free education, free/cheap healthcare, equality, and a living wage. It is even clearer when they are pushing for more child labor, pollution, racism, and sexism.
You are contradicting yourself.
The system is working as intended. A country created by the wealthy, for the wealthy, and controlled by the wealthy.
It’s not hard to understand, in such a system you don’t make it to the top unless you belong to the wealthy
Not at all, I am just not falling for the two sides of the same coin bullshit invented by the conservatives to further denigrate our government.
There is a serious problem and it is not with the liberal/left/Democratic party. The reason we are in this situation is because the conservatives are garbage people dragging this country down.
There is a serious problem and it is not with the liberal/left/Democratic party. The reason we are in this situation is because the conservatives are garbage people dragging this country down.
The reason we are in this situation is because for centuries if not thousand of years rulers enslaved and beat up people to seize power.
There’s a genocide going on right now where kids are being murdered daily, if you believe there’s not a problem in the current system you are complicit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_support_for_Israel_in_the_Israel–Hamas_war
This is not ancient history and the US is not unique in its genocidal actions. There is not a country that exists that has not engaged in this behavior.
There are several genocides going on right now.
https://www.genocidewatch.com/countries-at-risk
I know there is a problem. In fact, I gather I know a lot more than you about it. Not disagreeing about that aspect at all.
Having said that we are also experiencing far less genocide than any other time in history. It is weird to say it but things have gotten a lot better although I am sure the Palestinians, for example, would disagree.
It is weird to say it but things have gotten a lot better
For billionares and rulers things keep getting better yes, for everyone else they don’t. Look outside your window or at your bank account then remind yourself that there’s someone chilling in one of their 500f yachts. For the average person in the past decade things have gone south.
Having said that we are also experiencing far less genocide than any other time in history.
Go ahead and compare the genocides perpetrated by parties without serious problems with these of their colleagues from history.
Putin is also one of the world’s richest man and funds Trump.
Now that you mentioned putin, I propose we go looking for the Mexican cartel people who do the political events such as head and shoulders separations and we give them a challenge. Maybe give them a small island as a reward? 😉 Could you please bring back putin’s happy face for a chance to win Mara Lago! Or Mara Island! 🏝️🏖️. With margaritas!
It’s because Democrats are not willing to become anti-elite or anti-rich or anything like that, they’d piss off their donors. Only Trump was able to do this because everyone knows he’s lying. His donors know it’s all a show.
Perhaps because they are the current ruling party of a government doing business with elites such as the world’s richest man who funds trump.
It’s true that the owners of large space technology companies are often rich, therefore all governments who contract to them are supporting elites.
Very insightful observation.
You don’t go to school study and become the owner of a large space technology company, you need government backing for it.
Yes, therefore all governments that use private space companies are supporting elites. It’s a brilliant point, no need to keep convincing me.
Name one single government in the world that isn’t doing elites interests
True true. Government bad.
Go ahead and name one
Why haven’t Democrats embraced economic populism? Because for too long they’ve drunk from the same campaign funding trough as the Republicans – big corporations, Wall Street, and the very wealthy.
US two-party sham needs replacing
