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Elites Quotes

When ordinary people wake up, elites begin to tremble in their boots Picture Quote #1

Only the elites despise earning money Picture Quote #1

Especially in the case of India and Pakistan, it’s very clear that significant parts of the elites in both countries view having nuclear weapons as a ticket to prestige Picture Quote #1

Elites are once again invoking Reagan, dropping their Gs and saying things in a folksy sort of way thats meant to capture the hearts of people. And its all fraud; its all stagecraft. And people are falling for a great deal of elite behavior in this country packaged as if its proletariat behavior Picture Quote #1

Without precise meanings behind words, politicians and elites can obscure reality and condition people to reflexively associate certain words with positive or negative perceptions. In other words, unpleasant facts can be hidden behind purposely meaningless language Picture Quote #1

The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy Picture Quote #1

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For most of the history of the American empire, government has been a tool for preserving and furthering the power and might of white male corporate elites Picture Quote #1

There’s very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction - that is, the hatred and the anger - they come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they’re rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger Picture Quote #1

Relationships based on deals between leaders or ruling elites tend to collapse amid popular anger Picture Quote #1

When elites see a homeless person in the gutter, they assume he’s saving a parking place Picture Quote #1

The Tea Party elites gained extraordinary influence by being able to funnel millions of undisclosed dollars into campaigns with ads that distort the truth and attack government Picture Quote #1

Do what is best for most people, not just a few. Prevent your elites and growing middle class, those who often benefit most from growth and development, from turning into a special interests group that blocks reforms Picture Quote #1

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In a really business-run society like the United States, the business elites are deeply committed to class struggle and are engaged in it all the time. They’re instinctive Marxists Picture Quote #1

The new elites have no allegiances to nation states and don’t care about the damage they do to workers, the environment, or the rest of humanity. They are unhinged sociopaths, far removed from what the Occupy Movement called the 99 percent.’ Picture Quote #1

No hypocrisy is too great when economic and financial elites are obliged to defend their interest Picture Quote #1

Shallowness and ignorance have been our lot in the mass consumer societies we inhabit, where we were too distracted to act politically, apart from periodically deputing political elites to take life-and-death decisions on our behalf Picture Quote #1

America’s corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they’re privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up Picture Quote #1

The song ‘Take This Job and Shove It’ spent 18 weeks on the country charts in 1977. 1970s country music fans had a clearer understanding of the ennui of wage-slavery than modern elites Picture Quote #1

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The anger I felt when the ACLU tried to disenfranchise me because my religious stayed with me. These are dangerous people who make dangerous arguments. Some powerful members of the cultural elites in our country are so paralyzed by the fear that theistic notions might reassert themselves in the official activities of government that they will go to Gestapo lengths to inhibit such expression Picture Quote #1

In a world where we can all be our own filmmakers, the old elites are disappearing and there is no desire to look at somebody else’s dream anymore because you can go off and make your own Picture Quote #1

Diplomacy has always involved dinners with ruling elites, backroom deals and clandestine meetings. Now, in the digital age, the reports of all those parties and patrician chats can be collected in one enormous database. And once collected in digital form, it becomes very easy for them to be shared Picture Quote #1

Since the end of the Cold War, metropolitan elites everywhere have identified progress and modernity with the cornucopia of global capitalism, the consolidation of liberal democratic regimes and the secular ethic of consumerism Picture Quote #1

The difficulties of many European countries derive from their corporatism: state projects serving cronies and vast social protection programmes, both run by elites. These surged in the 1970s and 1980s Picture Quote #1

In a normal democracy, you protect the individual from the excessive power of the state. In Turkey, power elites try to protect the state - as if this state were fragile and needed protection - when in fact, it’s too powerful already Picture Quote #1

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Even academic elites are drawn to the figure of the murderer, which has long been a focus of attention for psychiatrists, sociologists, and criminologists Picture Quote #1

Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people Picture Quote #1

The task of revolutionary leaders is to pose as problems not only this myth, but all the other myths used by the oppressor elites to oppress Picture Quote #1

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites Picture Quote #1

One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive Picture Quote #1

The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became swept up in the glamour of the sexual revolution Picture Quote #1

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When ordinary people wake up, elites begin to tremble in their boots (Elites Quotes) Only the elites despise earning money (Elites Quotes) Especially in the case of India and Pakistan, it’s very clear that significant parts of the elites in both countries view having nuclear weapons as a ticket to prestige. (Elites Quotes) Elites are once again invoking Reagan, dropping their Gs and saying things in a folksy sort of way thats meant to capture the hearts of people. And its all fraud; its all stagecraft. And people are falling for a great deal of elite behavior in this country packaged as if its proletariat behavior (Elites Quotes) Without precise meanings behind words, politicians and elites can obscure reality and condition people to reflexively associate certain words with positive or negative perceptions. In other words, unpleasant facts can be hidden behind purposely meaningless language (Elites Quotes) The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy. (Elites Quotes) For most of the history of the American empire, government has been a tool for preserving and furthering the power and might of white male corporate elites ... (Elites Quotes) There’s very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction - that is, the hatred and the anger - they come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they’re rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger. (Elites Quotes) Relationships based on deals between leaders or ruling elites tend to collapse amid popular anger (Elites Quotes) When elites see a homeless person in the gutter, they assume he’s saving a parking place (Elites Quotes) The Tea Party elites gained extraordinary influence by being able to funnel millions of undisclosed dollars into campaigns with ads that distort the truth and attack government. (Elites Quotes) Do what is best for most people, not just a few. Prevent your elites and growing middle class, those who often benefit most from growth and development, from turning into a special interests group that blocks reforms. (Elites Quotes) In a really business-run society like the United States, the business elites are deeply committed to class struggle and are engaged in it all the time. They’re instinctive Marxists. (Elites Quotes) The new elites have no allegiances to nation states and don’t care about the damage they do to workers, the environment, or the rest of humanity. They are unhinged sociopaths, far removed from what the Occupy Movement called the 99 percent.’ (Elites Quotes) No hypocrisy is too great when economic and financial elites are obliged to defend their interest (Elites Quotes) Shallowness and ignorance have been our lot in the mass consumer societies we inhabit, where we were too distracted to act politically, apart from periodically deputing political elites to take life-and-death decisions on our behalf. (Elites Quotes) America’s corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they’re privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up. (Elites Quotes) The song ‘Take This Job and Shove It’ spent 18 weeks on the country charts in 1977. 1970s country music fans had a clearer understanding of the ennui of wage-slavery than modern elites. (Elites Quotes) The anger I felt when the ACLU tried to disenfranchise me because my religious stayed with me. These are dangerous people who make dangerous arguments. Some powerful members of the cultural elites in our country are so paralyzed by the fear that theistic notions might reassert themselves in the official activities of government that they will go to Gestapo lengths to inhibit such expression. (Elites Quotes) In a world where we can all be our own filmmakers, the old elites are disappearing and there is no desire to look at somebody else’s dream anymore because you can go off and make your own. (Elites Quotes) Diplomacy has always involved dinners with ruling elites, backroom deals and clandestine meetings. Now, in the digital age, the reports of all those parties and patrician chats can be collected in one enormous database. And once collected in digital form, it becomes very easy for them to be shared. (Elites Quotes) Since the end of the Cold War, metropolitan elites everywhere have identified progress and modernity with the cornucopia of global capitalism, the consolidation of liberal democratic regimes and the secular ethic of consumerism. (Elites Quotes) The difficulties of many European countries derive from their corporatism: state projects serving cronies and vast social protection programmes, both run by elites. These surged in the 1970s and 1980s. (Elites Quotes) In a normal democracy, you protect the individual from the excessive power of the state. In Turkey, power elites try to protect the state - as if this state were fragile and needed protection - when in fact, it’s too powerful already. (Elites Quotes) Even academic elites are drawn to the figure of the murderer, which has long been a focus of attention for psychiatrists, sociologists, and criminologists. (Elites Quotes) Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people. (Elites Quotes) The task of revolutionary leaders is to pose as problems not only this myth, but all the other myths used by the oppressor elites to oppress (Elites Quotes) The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites (Elites Quotes) One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive (Elites Quotes) The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became swept up in the glamour of the sexual revolution (Elites Quotes)

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