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CLARENCE PAGE: WHAT?S SO BAD ABOUT ELITES? The problem we have is that our ?elites? ? a reader ke?

By Glenn Reynolds

CLARENCE PAGE: WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT ELITES? The problem we have is that our “elites” — a reader keeps telling me that “gentry” is a better term, and he’s right — aren’t really elite. That is, they’re not actually especially smart or well-educated or competent. They’re just credentialed. That’s not the sort of elitism that commands respect, which is why it’s not getting so much anymore, as people catch on.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on October 15, 2010 (boomark / email).