Dems should lean into sneering cosmopolitan elitism imo
it's pretty frustrating how republicans can just spew endless lies about city life with zero repercussions but the moment a dem disparages a pickup truck it's open season
August 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Dems should lean into sneering cosmopolitan elitism imo
The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that intellectual elitism, for lack of a better word, is good. intellectual elitism is right, intellectual elitism works. intellectual elitism clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.
The truth social rant against Gorsuch is going to be INSANE. Gorsuch all but delivered the "Everyone in this room is now dumber..." speech from Billy Madison.
April 1, 2026 at 2:46 PM
The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that intellectual elitism, for lack of a better word, is good. intellectual elitism is right, intellectual elitism works. intellectual elitism clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.
Yeah, wouldn’t want any elitism
"The news lost its way — it became extreme, elitist, and performative," the Ellison confidant said. "People like Colbert and others act like they're the IP, the value, when it’s the brand and journalism that matter. We need to get back to fundamentals. That's what David and his team believe."
July 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Yeah, wouldn’t want any elitism
This is the definition of elitism. You the public don’t decide what the public interest is, we do
December 14, 2024 at 6:42 PM
This is the definition of elitism. You the public don’t decide what the public interest is, we do
So.. having a preference for physical books is elitism?
THE INTERNET HAS FRIED YOUR BRAINS!
THE INTERNET HAS FRIED YOUR BRAINS!
August 24, 2026 at 10:58 PM
So.. having a preference for physical books is elitism?
THE INTERNET HAS FRIED YOUR BRAINS!
THE INTERNET HAS FRIED YOUR BRAINS!
I saw a post saying celebrating Black Excellence is a form of elitism and after seeing the alternative, I’m all for intellectual elitism.
June 28, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I saw a post saying celebrating Black Excellence is a form of elitism and after seeing the alternative, I’m all for intellectual elitism.
Hungarian Voters Increasingly Out Of Touch With Heartland America---Will This "Danubian Elitism" Prove To Be A Mistake?
can't wait for the NYT piece about how actually JD Vance always thought backing Orban was a bad idea
April 12, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Hungarian Voters Increasingly Out Of Touch With Heartland America---Will This "Danubian Elitism" Prove To Be A Mistake?
true in America, too, which is why i continue to endorse the loud embrace of cosmopolitan elitism as a counterweight.
Just massive, *massive*, amounts of political life in the UK is explained by the extremely bizarre fact that our intelligentsia, political class, and even much of our business elite, feel aching insecure about faiilng to meet some imagined ideal of Authenticity they attribute to the volk.
Think the discourse on “lanyardian” is missing the far crazier part of this, which is that it’s a conversation between two people who now believe that saying “UK” is a weird, Starmer-like affectation.
Margaret Thatcher used it, because it is literally the name of our country!
Margaret Thatcher used it, because it is literally the name of our country!
August 24, 2026 at 4:13 PM
true in America, too, which is why i continue to endorse the loud embrace of cosmopolitan elitism as a counterweight.
<ranting about elitism>
<ranting about elitism>
"Jonathan Portes, WHO DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A PHD"
<ranting about elitism>
"My many published articles in top journals"
<ranting about elitism>
<ranting about elitism>
<ranting about elitism>
"Jonathan Portes, WHO DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A PHD"
<ranting about elitism>
"My many published articles in top journals"
<ranting about elitism>
<ranting about elitism>
February 21, 2026 at 6:54 PM
<ranting about elitism>
<ranting about elitism>
"Jonathan Portes, WHO DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A PHD"
<ranting about elitism>
"My many published articles in top journals"
<ranting about elitism>
<ranting about elitism>
<ranting about elitism>
"Jonathan Portes, WHO DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A PHD"
<ranting about elitism>
"My many published articles in top journals"
<ranting about elitism>
<ranting about elitism>
"Closing replies to only your followers is elitism!"
We did it guys, we're twitter!
We did it guys, we're twitter!
May 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"Closing replies to only your followers is elitism!"
We did it guys, we're twitter!
We did it guys, we're twitter!
Black Capitalism and Black Elitism will not save us.
Black Capitalism and Black Elitism will not save us.
Black Capitalism and Black Elitism will not save us.
Black Capitalism and Black Elitism will not save us.
Black Capitalism and Black Elitism will not save us.
Black Capitalism and Black Elitism will not save us.
Black Capitalism and Black Elitism will not save us.
Black Capitalism and Black Elitism will not save us.
Black Capitalism and Black Elitism will not save us.
January 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Black Capitalism and Black Elitism will not save us.
Black Capitalism and Black Elitism will not save us.
Black Capitalism and Black Elitism will not save us.
Black Capitalism and Black Elitism will not save us.
Black Capitalism and Black Elitism will not save us.
Black Capitalism and Black Elitism will not save us.
Black Capitalism and Black Elitism will not save us.
Black Capitalism and Black Elitism will not save us.
Black Capitalism and Black Elitism will not save us.
Elitism.
10. What was ruined by popularity?
August 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Elitism.
There is perpetual hand wringing and recrimination about leftist elitism towards right wingers. But I never hear anything about extreme and hateful elitism towards those the right deems beneath them. Look at what they're saying about snap recipients right now. They're seething with rage.
I know this reinforces a narrative about condescending leftists calling all conservatives bigots but I'm sorry, every form of data — anecdotes, polling and public statements by conservatives — indicate that these are the main drivers.
It's a doomed quest to keep looking for good underneath evil.
It's a doomed quest to keep looking for good underneath evil.
October 31, 2025 at 11:56 PM
There is perpetual hand wringing and recrimination about leftist elitism towards right wingers. But I never hear anything about extreme and hateful elitism towards those the right deems beneath them. Look at what they're saying about snap recipients right now. They're seething with rage.
intellectual elitism in all of its forms. intellectual elitism for life, money, love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind, and intellectual elitism – you mark my words – will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the U.S.A.
April 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
intellectual elitism in all of its forms. intellectual elitism for life, money, love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind, and intellectual elitism – you mark my words – will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the U.S.A.
Keep this in mind the next time some pundit refers to “flyover country,” “coastal elitism,” and the conservative “heartland.”
A new Harvard study shows that 2025 protests are likely the most geographically widespread in US history.
From Texas to Tennessee, even Trump country is marching against Trump
A new Harvard study shows that 2025 protests are likely the most geographically widespread in US history.
www.motherjones.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Keep this in mind the next time some pundit refers to “flyover country,” “coastal elitism,” and the conservative “heartland.”
This is what Oligarchy elitism looks like in America.
They don't care about everyone else.
They don't care about everyone else.
September 26, 2026 at 6:39 PM
This is what Oligarchy elitism looks like in America.
They don't care about everyone else.
They don't care about everyone else.
The combined forces of intolerance and anti-elitism will take lives.
Another NIH grant rescinded -
The Epidemiology of Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias in Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors - 1K01AG056669
The Epidemiology of Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias in Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors - 1K01AG056669
March 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The combined forces of intolerance and anti-elitism will take lives.
Republicans say James Talarico ordered a vegan taco. Democrats say that it wasn't vegan because it had both egg and cheese—doubling down on the cultural elitism that has cost them so dearly in recent elections.
May 31, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Republicans say James Talarico ordered a vegan taco. Democrats say that it wasn't vegan because it had both egg and cheese—doubling down on the cultural elitism that has cost them so dearly in recent elections.
Put more simply, it’s anti-elitism pretending there’s elitism to be anti.
January 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Put more simply, it’s anti-elitism pretending there’s elitism to be anti.
Populist "anti-elitism“ in a nutshell.
Just watched the Home Counties private schoolboy Nigel Farage telling northern voters how he understands steelworkers because he used to work in the “metals business” himself. He was, ahem, a commodities trader at the London Metal Exchange in the City.
April 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Populist "anti-elitism“ in a nutshell.
Update: finding out my favs aren't actually problematic is just reinforcing my liberal elitism
July 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Update: finding out my favs aren't actually problematic is just reinforcing my liberal elitism