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Comment by zht | Hacker News Reader

are there elites that are not wealthy? or does wealthy elite just sound better as a soundbite?

Academics, artists, and public intellectuals reasonably qualify as elite while often not being wealthy.

Also lot of journalists. Though it is questionable are they part of elite. But they act like they are and follow same talking points. While not making much money.

A lot of people in professional jobs who identify with the wealthy to distinguish their place in the hierarchy from the next layer down.

Elites as defined by having an agenda, and perhaps a station to enact it from. Bureaucrats, politicians, academics, etc generally have different domains of influence and aren't all wealthy.

NPR are proud of their sponsors, and prouder yet of how very little all of the public's dollars make up of their revenue in comparison.

That's definitely not the definition of an elite.

The Rasmussen poll on elites[0] has a nice working definition of "those having a postgraduate degree, a household income of more than $150,000 annually, and living in a zip code with more than 10,000 people per square mile" as well as a fascinating material difference in the beliefs of that 1% of the population as compared to the rest.

If I may editorialize, perhaps we can also posit that if someone does not meet these criteria but nevertheless shares the same opinions as the elite, then they are desiring to join the elite.

[0]: https://committeetounleashprosperity.com/wp-content/uploads/...

There’s perhaps wealthy people who are not elites.

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