THE TROUBLE WITH ELITES
Elitism and the anti-democratic impulse
Richard Alston
Paperback, 106 pages, $24.95
ISBN 9781922815934
Release Date: Feb 2024
In most Western countries elites have always been with us. Once the
elites were largely intellectuals, even benevolent visionaries, but the
class now includes almost anyone who has achieved significant material
or occupational success. But just because you are a famous film star,
sporting hero or business tycoon, let alone a wealthy retiree, doesn’t
entitle you to pontificate, often on subjects you know little about.
Most are university-educated, often driven by emotion rather than
reason, and more interested in virtue-signalling and self-satisfaction,
with little regard for the values, concerns and everyday struggles of
others.
All is not lost. In 2016, the elites hated Brexit and Trump. In
2019, they loved Bill Shorten. Each time they lost. While the elite
class don’t want to know, working middle-class voters are not prepared
to see their families, jobs and national safety sacrificed on the altar
of elitism.
Richard Alston AO has been a barrister, a senior Cabinet Minister,
Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Federal President
of the Liberal Party. He is currently a businessman and company
director.
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