wait who said anything about martyrdom?

elite just means elevated so spiritual elitism wasnt meant to be interpreted in the marxian sense... it was an attempt to acknowledge that, just like in life, there are levels and some bell curve like disbursement. so that if one person is capable of "beating while perfectly loving" or whatever it was - that in no way implies that this level of mastery would be available to the common man and therefore is NOT a general rule.

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