May 31 2009
Elitism v Egalitarianism
Definitions courtesy of Education.Yahoo.Com:
Elitism: 1) The belief that certain persons or certain members of classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of perceived superiority, as intellect, social status, or financial resources. 2) a. the sense of entitlement enjoyed by a group or a class; b. control, rule, or domination by such a group or class.
Egalitarian: Affirming, promoting, or characterized by belief in equal political, economic, social, and civil rights for all people.
These two words illustrate how closely the lines are being drawn between the people and the government. Although groups like the billionaires who met secretly in New York, and Mensa—an organization which bases it’s membership on Intelligence Quotients (IQ)—seem, or appear to fall in line with the president and congress while dictating who shall or whom shall not have limited abilities and rights. There is a third group—we call them Hollywoodites—that are putting forth the idea and sense that they, too, are elitist…this group is at question because they are not in the billion dollar category nor do some act as though they have any gray matter. Then there is “we the people” who are underlings to the few that would have us serve by working manually and with computers for 8-10 hours a day to make sure that the fatted calf stays fat.
The difference between the elitist and the egalitarian is the ability to take a hearty dump on one’s fellow man, and enjoy it. The government, the billionaires, Mensa, and the vacuous stars of Hollywood have forgotten that someone has to work for them to afford their way of life. While I do not advocate that we are entitled to what they have, I do not accept that they are entitled to what we have. Some of the “would-be” elitist have had to earn their way in life, while others were born to it, but that by no set of circumstances entitles them to know what the people need or to take what the people have. It’s just a thought, but to heck with them. If they want to find out how effective the people are, we can turn off the television, stop going to movies, stop buying outrageously priced material objects, stop voting into office corrupt politicians, and then the only determinate in our existence will be the way we chose to eat, sleep, and spend our leisure time.
Marie Antoinette said, “Let them eat cake.” That might sound generous; however, in France cake was bread, and the French cut off her head. We can just as easily lop off the head of our monsters and have our country back.