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STOP CALLING THEM ELITE.
The word 'elite' implies they are societies best. These rich dregs keep dragging us down.
Whenever I hear the rich described as "the elite", my brain immediately converted it to ThE eLiTe
My brain converts it to lowers. Their only advantage is their ability to screw people over without it affecting their personal health. Whereas the rest of us would lose sleep being that much a evil shithead.
I call them the leech class.
True, if you look at people taking power and control in MAGA America, many are there because of their white skin and not resume or skill
Edit sorry if this comes across as racist, the intent is more to highlight how some of these people bring nothing else to the table
Meh, the connotation is still clear.
How about we just airquote them? The „Elite“ sounds condescending enough imo
I assumed we always were
Parasite works for me.
Yeah trying to find the perfect words is counterproductive. We just need to eat the rich. We're not literally eating them but everybody knows what that means.
Oligarchs.
Scum floats to the top.
They're rent-seeking parasites
Call them gentry
Lazy parasite class?
Elite in this case refers to the ability to exert power and privledge. Everyone who is in a society does so to some level. (Obviously much less)
It is not a term of adoration.