Our Floundering Elites, Part 6: The USA

In Part 1 of this (now seemingly endless) series of posts I described America’s elites as those people so positioned as to drive public opinion and therefore ultimately the direction of American public policy. These folks can be found in such places as the media, the universities, the large foundations and NGOs, the entertainment industry, high level state and Federal bureaucrats, think tanks, opinion journals, and so on. As I pointed out, the opinion makers are in a position to articulate and disseminate their opinions and to enforce compliance with them.(1) read more »

Our Floundering Elites, Part 5: The Indians and the Strange Persistence of Socialism

In my first post in this series I described India’s elites as the vast collection of politicians, bureaucrats and intellectuals associated with the endless Nehru-Gandhi dynasty/Congress Party that has ruled India almost continuously since its independence sixty years ago. India became a republic in 1950 and since that time the country has been ruled by the Congress Party – and headed by a Gandhi – virtually continuously. read more »

Our Floundering Elites, Part 4: The Chinese and the “Economics of Corrupt Officialdom”

In my first post in this series I described China’s elites as the descendants of the fighters who remained with Mao on the famous Long March, a 6,000 mile strategic retreat from Jiangxi to Shaanxi stretching from the fall of 1934 to the fall of 1935. Although only 10% of those who began the march finished it, the core of Mao’s army was saved. Following the end of World War II, Mao’s forces defeated Chang Kai-shek, who retreated to Taiwan under the protection of the Americans. read more »

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