精英vs贵族, Elite vs. Elitism

I am not a “精英”, far, far, far from it.   I am not anti 精英 either.   Being elite is a wonderful thing.  I am all for being elite, but I do object being an elitist or elitism.

Last night, I read an WXC article that has lots of likes.   There was a rage about “精英” this and “精英” that.  I could tell that the author intends to claim not being part of the  精英 group. However, I could sense “精英” between the lines.  It is very similar to all other similar articles in stating  how they are right in predicting the eventual election result (in their favor), and how they are a member of integrated mainstream society, how they pity the common folks in the red States, how they shed tears in reading about the working poor with two or three jobs, miserable life of rednecks, how they are not part of a “精英”, how they are proud of their American values and how they are proud in teaching their kids to not be a part of  “精英”, most of all, how they could not discuss important things with the poor or uneducated because these folks are too hungry for material things.

During the height of “Back to China” wave, discussion about “贵族” this and “贵族” that can be found everywhere in WXC.  It seems like that every other mainland Chinese person interested in going back to China is after the 贵族 life style.

 

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• 看两遍，还是不知道LZ想说啥：） --百科-- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2016 postreply 14:28:48

• 贵族语言？ -545f- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2016 postreply 14:33:46

• Good point! -我爱拉氏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2016 postreply 14:35:38

• 楼主英文很好。我其实看明白了。就是吐槽左派精英人士。有点绕。 -greenoasis- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2016 postreply 14:42:53

• 也不太明白作者到底要说什么。但作为一个“反精英”特别是反所谓“贵族”的人，我觉得 -N.- ♀ (131 bytes) () 11/22/2016 postreply 15:03:47