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Tossing out self-serving elites will not work, if we replace them with clueless populists peddling “alternative facts.”
This lead to a quick devaluation of the ruble, which was extremely beneficial for the export-oriented elites which dominated Russian politics at the time, because for them a stable ruble meant losing a big part of their profits when world oil prices were sharply dropping.
Because at the time the left-wing opposition had grown very strong and it was supported by the financial-industrial elites (including the military/industrial barons) who now favoured home production..
Liberals and export-oriented elites lost power.
But it might help to remind ourselves that the problem in these states were the well-known elites whom not only Europe and the US, but also Russia and China, trusted for too long, often against their better judgement – and only out of fear of the unknown.
The narrative of resentment against the established secular elites, peppered with religious-chauvinist discourse and historical revisionism, facilitated their emergence as voices of the middle classes of the hinterlands and second-tier cities and towns.
By effectively enforcing property rights and implementing national policy, the Chinese Communist Party became the institutional mechanism that bridged the divide between the elites (the Party) and the masses.
As a result, they did not generally recognize rising inequality, particularly in the US, as a major problem until recently (though, to be sure, many of the wealthiest elites have engaged in an unprecedented amount of philanthropy).
It is clear that the cosmopolitan elites who are making consequential decisions in critical sectors, from business and finance to politics, must pay more attention to the grievances of the less fortunate, the less educated, and the less connected.
Bannon replaced Paul Manafort, who was close to the elites Bannon despises, and who had tried to strengthen Trump’s ties to them.
The preferences of the average voter and of economic elites are not very different on most policy matters.
To carry out that test, Gilens and Page ran a horse race between the preferences of average voters and those of economic elites – defined as individuals at the top tenth percentile of the income distribution – to see which voters exert greater influence.
They found that the effect of the average voter drops to insignificant levels, while that of economic elites remains substantial.
The implication is clear: when the elites’ interests differ from those of the rest of society, it is their views that count – almost exclusively.
A politician who represents the interests primarily of economic elites has to find other means of appealing to the masses.
For regimes that represent economic elites (and are often corrupt to the core), it is a ploy that pays off handsomely at the polls.
His enemies are not just Muslims, but the liberal Western elites, and their children, who were destroying Europe from within through “multiculturalism” and “cultural Marxism.”
Arab elites are also increasingly losing influence over their internal constituencies, with most Arab countries remaining acutely divided over politics, economics, and the role of religion.
Indeed, the Arab uprisings of the past three years can be viewed as a youth-led rebellion against not only entrenched elites, but also against a social and political narrative that is no longer viable.
But, in blaming leaders who have seized on popular anger, many overlook the power of that anger itself, which is aimed at elites whose wealth has skyrocketed in the last 30 years, while that of the middle and working classes has remained stagnant.
But he did not create that anger;America’s elites have spent decades doing that, creating the conditions for a figure like Trump to emerge.
Among eurozone members, however, the need for greater political integration is broadly accepted, and not just by the economic and political elites.
That strategy – more “sharp” than “soft” in practice – focuses largely on promoting personal and institutional engagement, cooperation, and exchanges with Latin American elites in four main areas: media, culture, academia, and politics.
To put it bluntly, China’s authoritarian regime is subtly and gradually buying Latin America’s elites.
With little knowledge about China, many in the region are getting their information from their local elites – the very people whom China’s leaders are trying to attract.
The existing common European space – composed of media outlets like the Financial Times and TheEconomist, and Europe-wide conferences, NGO networks, and exchange programs like Erasmus – engages only wealthy, cosmopolitan European elites.
Ukraine had its chance as an independent state and failed, the victim of its political elites’ venality.
In fact, European integration must be about people, not political elites.
It is also possible that some of the mistrust of elites that led a majority of voters to support “Brexit” stemmed from the Iraq War experience.
For their middle-class counterparts, it is the satisfaction that arises not from material wealth, but from pointing to someone who is perceived as inferior, from refugees to depraved elites to cliquish judges.
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