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| The Revolt of the Elites |
| 2015-11-18 |
| h/t Instapundit Jose Ortega y Gasset wrote The Revolt of the Masses in 1929. In his magnum opus, Ortega was critical of the phenomenon of "mass-man," which he saw as a harbinger of Fascism. Culture would be lowered to its lowest common denominator by the revolt of the masses, and so the achievements of civilization would be destroyed by the mob. ...However, today's battle between civilization and barbarism seems to have turned Ortega's analysis on its head. The threat to civilization at this moment appears to come not from "mass-man" but from the elites who govern without any commitment to civilization itself. From enabling the recent shootings in Paris, and allowing the looting of the Bagdhad Museum in Iraq, to permitting the destruction of Palmyra in Syria, Western elites have apparently abandoned the civilizing mission which once both defined the West and fueled the "soft power" necessary to conquer the world. Current campus "uprisings" at Yale, Columbia, and the University of Missouri, are among the latest symptoms of elite barbarism. Uncivilized, and indeed Fascist, attitudes are obvious to the most casual observer. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #6 The Chinese and Soviet populations were largely tamed. Seems like the same techniques are having some success here as well. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2015-11-18 15:37 |
| #5 Why does the general public behave like lemmings? They've learned to divide using identify politics and cartoon vilification and a vast number have fallen for it. Those people are now attacking each other so we may have reached PeakID. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-11-18 12:05 |
| #4 "Why does the general public behave like lemmings?" That is the "masses" Ortega y Gassett warned us about. They have been electing our distinguished Elite to run things. The Elite have taken off in their own direction. The masses (or at least 47%) still think they can do no wrong. When a sufficient fraction of the masses have suffered for this, they might begin to change. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-11-18 11:23 |
| #3 Why does the general public behave like lemmings? Easy, 45 years of education by liberally trained school teachers. These were folk who couldn't hack biz or science and got programmed by their socialist/leftest profs. (many profs ex SDS) |
| Posted by: 3dc 2015-11-18 09:48 |
| #2 You must ask, Why are all the elites all so incompetent at the same time? Why does the general public behave like lemmings? |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2015-11-18 08:27 |
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| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-11-18 07:34 |