The oligarchs who rule us are not aristocracy. They are overpromoted upper middle-class strivers.
An aristocrat has confidence in his tastes and his political vision.
Our oligarchs want to *seem* cultured, they are always, in their choices, trying to guess the right answer.
An aristocrat has confidence in his tastes and his political vision.
Our oligarchs want to *seem* cultured, they are always, in their choices, trying to guess the right answer.
This is the cultural, social explanation for a great part of the evils they bring upon us.
They are insecure lunatics, trying to succeed on some other stage, trying to convince some other audience of their integrity and worth.
They are insecure lunatics, trying to succeed on some other stage, trying to convince some other audience of their integrity and worth.
Real aristocrats don’t think twice, don’t care, about what anyone thinks. They expect others to adopt their preferences, because they’re simply correct.
We are ruled by a bunch of middling pretenders. That they all muzzle themselves at every photo op, is the clearest proof.
We are ruled by a bunch of middling pretenders. That they all muzzle themselves at every photo op, is the clearest proof.
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