It depends on what sect of elitism you are talking about...if you are talking about intellectual elitism than yes. A better point would have been how democracy is the lowest form of government...
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However, if by rule by elites we mean rule by the few, we must not be too hasty in condemning elitism on just these grounds, because in so doing we might not be merely condemning all oligarchic forms of government, but all forms of government whatsoever.
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Most of the top leaders in all or nearly all key sectors of society are seen as recruited from this same social group, Their power is seen as based most fundamentally on their personal economic resources and especially on their positions within the top management of the big corporations, and does not ... by Dr. Paul M. Johnson...
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If readers want to gain insight into the causes of "elitism" in government, please view this BBC series "The Trap", by award winning journalist Adam Curtis - explains the paradox of how "freedom" has resulted in the current conditions - where the use of language of freedom to produce a narrow an empty...
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September 16th, 2008 | by Brian Schwartz | ... On buying health insurance directly from an insurance company instead of through one’s employer, ABC News Medical Editor Dr. Tim Johnson states ... If government has a “public option” for cable TV...
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As for elitism, it seems that this is now used as a synonym (what? Latin word? I mean "word with the same meaning") for educated (or do I mean learned?). ... This is not just a local government policy. The national government led the way by getting rid of habeas corpus!
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/03/localgover... www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/03/localgovernment-latin-elitism
An essay or paper on Pluralism vs. Elitism. Historically, pluralism is associated with democracy, a system of checks and balances of power that forge a consensus of the general interest that dictates government policy. ... Arts; Business; Custom Research; Economics; Film; Foreign; Government and Law; History;
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A straight-A student from Northern England, Laura Spence, who was accepted at Harvard, has set off battles in Britain over Oxford's reputation of elitism and the possibility of government introduced "top-up" tuition fees.
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Recently, due to Presidential candidate Barack Obama's comments in Pennsylvania, elitism in government has been given a new lease on life. Variations of this insult have been used to deride "academics" and "intellectuals" since 1964, according to the recent article in The Nation called "Who Are They Calling Elitist?”...
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