What are your thoughts on elite theory Laser? After reading The Populist Delusion by Neema Parvini I came to the conclusion the world is just a chessboard for elites and counter elites to fight over. The "popular movements" go nowhere without elites because the plebs just want to gril and can't organize and direct energy towards political ends. What is needed for that is sociopaths who live for nothing but power. While the plebs get a voice through this process, that never leads towards utopia because that voice is always coopted by elite interests, which ultimately boil down to controlling and taxing the plebs. That's not to say we don't get momentary relief when a set of counter elites take over. I think life under the Trump regime is objectively better than under Biden/Harris. But still, we should temper expectations. Ultimately, I believe that we live in a fallen world, and our hope must lie in salvation through Christ alone through faith alone by grace alone.

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