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Rather than standing exclusively with the old elites or the new populists, Macron has promised to rally broad political support under the banner of European reform.
Together, these trends have fed the widespread perception that there are no alternative forms of EU governance, and that Europe is being run by elites who have little concern for the interests of the people they are supposed to be serving.
But, unfortunately, the Brexit debate tends to bring out EU elites’ worst instincts, not least because it encourages them to fight for the status quo, rather than for reform and innovation.
And, while China’s geopolitical status is rising rapidly, alongside its economic might, the US continues to squander its global leadership, owing to the unchecked greed of its political and economic elites and the self-made trap of perpetual war in the Middle East.
The US political system has been captured by the greed of its wealthy elites, whose narrow goals are to cut corporate and personal tax rates, maximize their vast personal fortunes, and curtail constructive US leadership in global economic development.
And because they are not unemployed, they and their problems are easily overlooked by French elites.
In the ten years of postcommunist transition our new political elites take either an apathetic stance towards rebuilding civil society or actively oppose it.
As soon as these elites gained power, they became unwilling to surrender any of the state authority they inherited.
The split divides those who are and are not concerned about the fate of Russian elites’ vast personal holdings in the West.
Populism everywhere is driven by fear and resentment: fear of being powerless, without status or privilege, and resentment of those – educated liberal elites, foreigners who supposedly take our jobs, and Muslims, Jews, blacks, or illegal immigrants – who seem to enjoy undeserved benefits.
Underlying Beck’s “non-partisan” preacher’s talk about restoring American honor and values was a message that everyone in the crowd understood: such un-American elements as the liberal elites in New York and Washington, Democrats, and other God-less socialists had robbed America of its honor and values.
Despite weeks of efforts by the same traditional elites to block it, Refah went on to form a coalition government.
These areas rebelled against the advice of political and business elites to vote “Remain” and instead demanded protection from the vicissitudes of global change.
This, then, is the modern Japanese version of populism: the “liberal elites,” by falsifying the history of Japan’s glorious war to “liberate Asia,” undermined the Japanese people’s moral fiber.
Because the ideological collapse of left-wing politics in Japan has been as precipitous as in much of the Western world, the so-called liberal elites have lost much of their former influence.
Indeed, Russia’s elites know that things are going wrong, and are voting the only way they can – with their feet and by bank transfer, moving their families and their wealth out of the country.
Multiculturalism and international cooperation, authors such as Mark Lilla and Francis Fukuyama argue, turned out to be a fantasy of the liberal elites.
When Turkey became a democracy in 1950, the previous system’s secular Kemalist elites attempted to harness the power of the military and the bureaucracy to control the elected government.
Yet serious reform was impeded by the usual disagreement about what should be done – a dispute that Emmanuel Macron, France’s new president, once described as a “holy war” between German and French elites.
And, behind every German counter-proposal, French officials see a ploy to hide behind rules and regulations so that the German elites can have their cake and eat it.
According to global business consultant Vijay Mahajan, “50-150 million Africans are classified as economic elites with spending power similar to working-class citizens in the West,” and an additional 350-500 million Africans live in households with stable jobs.
Most ASEAN member states are middle-income countries with educated elites who hold diverse views.
When elites have sufficient power, they have little interest in reflecting the preferences of the public at large.
When the masses mobilize and demand power, the resulting compromise with the elites rarely produces sustainable safeguards to protect the rights of those not represented at the bargaining table.
In the West, liberalism preceded democracy: separation of powers, freedom of expression, and the rule of law were already in place before elites agreed to expand the franchise and submit to popular rule.
The “tyranny of the majority” remained a major concern for elites, and was countered in the US, for example, with an elaborate system of checks and balances, effectively paralyzing the executive for a long time.
The region’s elites can either embrace change, or do nothing and risk a precipitous decline.
Add to this the rise in income and wealth inequality in most countries, and it is no wonder that the perception of a winner-take-all economy that benefits only elites and distorts the political system has become widespread.
Although some degree of confrontation with the US does help President Vladimir Putin unite the public while burnishing Russian elites’ nationalist credentials, Russia is not an ideologically motivated state.
But even if American elites do manage to wrest back control, the deeper source of Western angst will remain.
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