Two giant walls of text that were ignited by one measly sentence.....
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Originally Posted by cpu0  3b. It's mainly a belief in 'survival of the fittest' as a moral. Most of them think that since they are elite by their standards, they are the fittest to deal with the rest. Nazism and Communism are two examples of this philosophy. |
*Jumps over the great wall of
ZU*
ok....*whew*
"I think you've fallen into the trap of thinking that here, "elitism" means "to think oneself part of an elite group superior to others", as opposed to "expects better from people". The way I understand it, an "intellectual elitist" would be someone who promotes learning, thinks that knowledge is something important to be treasured and something to strive for, not something that is insignificant and should be ignored."--S.O.E
I see truth in both aspects. this>>
"elitism" means "to think oneself part of an elite group superior to others" << is how the person in questioned if viewed by others. for example the "general public"
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an "intellectual elitist" would be someone who promotes learning, thinks that knowledge is something important to be treasured and something to strive for<< is how the person actually is, or is at least that's how they perceive themselves to be.
make sense?