GodlessCommieM to Late Stage CapitalismEnglish • 3 days agoThey always hate what they don't understand.imagemessage-square30arrow-up1701arrow-down112
arrow-up1689arrow-down1imageThey always hate what they don't understand.GodlessCommieM to Late Stage CapitalismEnglish • 3 days agomessage-square30
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-23 days ago~~While I like the metaphor itself, the part with the “economic elite” might be a very antisemitic trope: https://www.ajc.org/translatehate/cosmopolitan-elite~~ I mixed it up with globalist elite, thanks for pointing it out.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•3 days agoNo, it’s used in academia too. Our rich elite 1% oligarch capitalists are mostly not Jewish, and the working class shouldn’t be expected to use a deliberately cumbersome new name for them.
~~While I like the metaphor itself, the part with the “economic elite” might be a very antisemitic trope: https://www.ajc.org/translatehate/cosmopolitan-elite~~
I mixed it up with globalist elite, thanks for pointing it out.
No, it’s used in academia too. Our rich elite 1% oligarch capitalists are mostly not Jewish, and the working class shouldn’t be expected to use a deliberately cumbersome new name for them.