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Originally Posted by Acajack
Wow. I never knew that "élites" and "the establishment" were code words for racial and religious minorities in Ontario. Whoda thunk it?
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Only you, because I understand "the elites", as referenced by politicians like Doug Ford and Donald Trump to be (and I think Doady might also), not people who
are racial or religious minorities, but rather, people who
use the struggles of people who are racial or religious minorities for political or economic gains, whether in a positive manner (campaigning for rights) or a negative one (campaigning for restrictions).
Doug Ford doesn't really use racially charged language in his governing, but his actions have negative ramifications for people who are racial minorities because he ignores their perspectives almost entirely in an effort to "not be racially biased". Anyone who listens to the perspectives of minorities and develops policies that accommodates them, compared to "regular policies", is "biased". And it's those people who
accommodate that are elites.
The other side of elites is anyone who has found success through oppression. Walmart, for example, is owned by elites. Hillary Clinton used to serve on their board. People who shop at Walmart like that Walmart cheap. People who work for Walmart hate it because Walmart is cheap. Walmart's majority owners, the Walton family, are elite because they're billionaires, and they're billionaires because they pay low wages and undercut small business to maximize profits.
Doug Ford is both kinds of negative elite, but he talks like he isn't, and this is the third front: he appeals to the people who view themselves as "temporarily embarrassed millionaires". People who feel that they
should be wildly successful,
if only (insert policy here). A lot of people feel that way. Almost anyone working in the private sector for a while, I can guarantee you, has looked at their supervisor or their boss or their company's owner, and felt "I could be there, if only". Except you can't. We can't all be bosses. That doesn't make sense. But you still get that "if only" idea once in a while. A lot of people that support Doug Ford seem to have a feeling that their success is held back by something. They can't identify what. But Doug can! Doug does! It's the elites! And he's going to fight the elites! For us!
But it's easier for you to argue against the concept of "elites" being racial and religious minorities, and that's cool. You do you.