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26 Feb 2020 Conversations with Tyler Garett Jones on Democracy (More or Less)
“That’s true, but that’s partly because the rich white elites are acting as the self-appointed representatives of other individuals and groups in society.”
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- Garett Jones
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- 26 Feb 2020
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…It seems like the worst shouting is rich white elites at each other, right? That’s true, but that’s partly because the rich white elites are acting as the self-appointed representatives of other individuals and groups in society. I think there’s that feedback between those two. But since they’re not actually representing those other groups, wouldn’t these squabbles have happened anyway? And if one group of the wealthy white elites claims to be speaking for the L-A-T-I-N-X people — well, maybe that’s absurd, but that’s a kind of excuse, and they would fight about something else.…
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