| | '''Elitism''' is an attitude or belief in one's superiority based solely on membership in a particular group or community. Elitism can be seen, for example, in the delusion that being a celebrity or a gatekeeper of the [[mainstream media]] ''in itself'' imparts sufficient wisdom to justify airing one's personal opinion on an issue. | | '''Elitism''' is an attitude or belief in one's superiority based solely on membership in a particular group or community. Elitism can be seen, for example, in the delusion that being a celebrity or a gatekeeper of the [[mainstream media]] ''in itself'' imparts sufficient wisdom to justify airing one's personal opinion on an issue. |
| − | During his ministry, Jesus attacked the religious elitism of the [[Sadducees]] and the [[Pharisees]] which led them to manipulate the ruling Roman governor into executing this [[Populism|populist]] upstart. Because it is based in the values of Christianity, conservatism has the ambition to be populist, unlike liberalism, in which the beliefs of elitists in politics, the courts, [[Professor values|academia]], the media and [[Hollywood values|Hollywood]] make them believe that they are superior to the public. | + | During his ministry, Jesus attacked the religious elitism of the [[Sadducees]] and the [[Pharisees]] which led them to manipulate the ruling Roman governor into executing this [[Populism|populist]] upstart. Because it is based in the values of Christianity, conservatism has the ambition to be populist, unlike liberalism, in which the beliefs of elitists in politics, the courts, [[Professor values|academia]], the media and [[Hollywood values|Hollywood]] make them believe that they are superior to the public. Former [[Russian]] [[President Dmitri Medvedev]] described [[Western alliance|Western elites]] as "wine glass twirling dull idiots."<ref>[https://www.rt.com/russia/562734-medvedev-apocalypse-revelation-ukraine Medvedev issues apocalyptic warning to West over Ukraine], RT, 13 Sep, 2022.</ref> |