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When I was younger I really used to believe in people, and would chalk down any talk about the 'ignorant masses' as just pure elitism.
Sure, some of it was elitism, but now as I get a bit older and more jaded with this world of ours, I am swaying more into the camp of 'at least the elites know what they are doing'.
I just hope the elites can empower everyone as they progress, instead of this widening gap I keep seeing.
My current less-than-optimistic thinking is "elitism = ego + luck", the primary (if not only..) empowering therein being the tendency of luck to incite ego to drill down into greater depths of self-centric indifference to(ward) others.
Thus do I consider an admonition against breath-holding appropriate....