Wednesday, April 21, 2010

THOSE REVOLTING ELITES: Professor Bainbridge takes on the new elitism.


In sum, if by elite you mean the end result of a meritocracy -- a fair tournament in which everybody competes on a more or less even playing field (equality of opportunity) -- than I agree that I'd like the next SCOTUS to be an elite judge. But if by "elite" you mean one of Lasch's new elites, with their children of privilege, and their contempt for religion and traditional American values, then count me out.


By all means, read it all. And from the comments, I like this definition of elite:

"I'm a by-God American. I have no betters and damn few equals."
Linked from Instapundit.

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