“Some… are more equal than others” is the true face of the Left, regardless of whether it is Communism, Fascism, or whatever appellation leads to the will of “The People” be exercised through (in effect) self-chosen elites. This gnostic leadership that fancies itself the new ruling elite has reared its head (again), as James Lindsay explains, which is quoted in full below due to the limitations of Twitter/X embeds:
We need to talk about the “elite theory” at the center of Woke thinking, particularly Woke Right thinking. Here’s the bottom line: All you grassroots conservatives and MAGA who have fought like hell for this country are NOT ELITES and NEVER WILL BE to the Woke Right. They hate you. They want to rule over you. Just like the Woke Left. To the degree that they’re nice, kind, or helpful to you, THEY ARE USING YOU to gain power for themselves, and YOU WILL BE DISCARDED.
The Woke Right is overwhelmingly invested in the idea of “Elite Theory,” which they always try to present like it’s some high-minded idea that’s just a simple fact of political and social life, like it’s the background we all just have to accept. Elite Theory, they’ll insist, “just” means “society is always run by elites.”
The “just” there is doing all the work in that description. It does not just mean that except in the strict and boring philosophical technical sense. Elite Theory does not stop with the banal observation that the people who are in positions of status and power are elites so the elites are the ones who run things. It goes on to suggest other things as a consequence.
For those of you who know the language, Elite Theory just meaning elites run things is the MOTTE position. The BAILEY position is that the elites should run things, and the Woke Right subscribes to this theory too, just like the Woke Left does, though differently and with fewer lies involved.
The idea that the elites (not the grassroots) should run things is sometimes called elitism. The Woke Right (and Woke Left) are elitist in this way, not merely “descriptivist” Elite Theorists. They believe elites have some right to rule that we plebs do not. They believe people want and/or need to be ruled, and they say so frequently.
Wokes subscribe to an even deeper, more self-serving elitism than just that, though, too. They believe that THEY THEMSELVES are the rightful elites (either in power or in infuriated exile) and that the real problem with society is that we have the WRONG ELITES in charge. That is, they go on to grant themselves not just right to rule (over YOU) but also right to depose the existing elite in some kind of coup or revolution. Their whole social theory is built around this.
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