Are you one of the Masses, or one of the Elite?

[Peak_Oil]

Poll question: Are you one of the Masses, or one of the Elite?

Just curious. Use whatever description you like for Masses vs Elite.

I'm one of the Masses.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

1. An IQ above 100 makes you elite in this country now n/t

[Redleg]

2. I am a university professor so I guess the Conservatives would call

me an elite. But I am from the west, grew up in a middle-sized very conservative city, and my parents both worked for a living, as did I to put myself through school for my first two degrees.

[haele]

3. Economic, social, spiritual or intellectual...?

Or any other category (say, pet-owning elite, tool operating elite, computer elite, cooking elite, bootylicious elite...)

One can be classed as "elite" in one category, yet be with the masses in the rest. Of course, that doesn't help one when the ruling elite decide to get their panties in a wad and go out hunting the masses to keep their comfort zone intact.

Me, it depends on what day it is. And if the Mass looks interesting enough to attend...

:)

Haele

[yardwork]

4. I've been called an "elite" all my life as an insult

I've been excluded and abused and generally kicked around for being an "elite" (an appellation I never chose or claimed) so I am going to claim it now!

I am proud to be elite! It's like being proud to be black in the 1950s, or proud to be queer in the 1970s.

It's a lot like being proud to be liberal now.

[LisaM]

5. Both but I've always lived in college towns

so I'm giving myself extra credit as an elite.

[silverweb]

6. I am a member of the masses.

I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.
~Eugene Debs

[CBHagman]

7. I went with masses.

I'm a cubicle rat who rides public transportation and goes to mass. :-)

[ikojo]

10. I'm a cubicle rat who also rides public transportation but I go

to shul instead of mass....

Guess I'm one of the masses anyway

[flordehinojos]

8. wouldn't it all depend on who is doing the judging, or what one is being

compared to, or with?
Elite in education? Elite in socio-economic status? Mass in education? elite in socio-economic status?

IT IS ALL SO RELATIVE AND IT ALL SOOOOOO DEPENDS ON THE LENSE THROUGH WHICH THE JUDGING IS BEING MADE.

LET US SAY THAT DUE TO HIS FATHER'S MONEY BUSH IS CONSIDERED AN ELITE. LET US SAY THAT DUE TO HIS MORONIC BRAIN HE BELONGS TO THE MASS. LET US SAY THAT THE BUSH FAMILY WHO LIKES TO THINK THEY ARE SOOO ELITE ARE REALLY NO MORE THAN A REAL LIFE VERSION OF THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES WHO OFTEN LOOK THE PART.

Elite? Mass?

[Stinky The Clown]

9. Is there a "hair" elite?

I long ago transcended the follicular in favor of the perfect hairless head. I see myself in that respect as an elite among elites.

I'm well educated. Am I elite?

I'm a practicing professional. Am I elite?

I earn well above average (Chimpus Khan's tax cuts helped me). Am I elite?

I was named "fellow" in my profession. Am I elite?

I have a mortgage, I own no car newer than 1998, I have a small second mortgage, I smoke, I cuss (a lot), I'm short. Am I elite?

I was the first in my family to go to college and did so on the GI Bill and by working. Am I elite?

My parents were working class. Those are my roots and I still relate very much to that. In my mind, that's who I really am. Am I elite?

No, I am not elite. Other than the hair thing. Now in **that* respect, I'm a major ELITE.:hi:

[Piperay]

11. Elite

isn't that what all liberals are defined as. :evilgrin:

[starroute]

12. Elite, like it or not

Years ago, I read something about how you could tell where people fit socially in on the basis of their home decor. From the upper crust with their authentic antiques, down to the trailer trash with their velvet Elvises, everybody had a niche.

And then there were the artsy-intellectual-bohemian-nonconformist types who didn't fit in anywhere. The ones whose houses were a mix-and-match of all the other styles, along with stuff too weird for the members of any normal social class to tolerate.

That's me.

[indigobusiness]

20. Me too, sort of. I'm one of those Elite Massives...

I guess. Bohemian driftwood.

[OnionPatch]

13. Funny, my Republican neighbors think they are "elite"

and we make around the same money as they do. (I chose "Masses")
I think one of the problems is that so many people think they are voting for their best interest when they vote for Bush because they THINK they are elite. We make around 100k a year. That is NOT elite. A few paychecks between us and the street.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

14. Groucho Marx: PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION.

A quote from Groucho Marx illustrates that elite isn't all bad:


I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.

[GrrrlRomeo]

15. An elite is someone who has power and influence

over the masses. In this context anyway.

[DoNotRefill]

16. definitely part of the masses....

I ENJOY sticking it to "the man". In fact, I just found out today that I'm going to be going to the Virginia Supreme Court in an attempt to stick it to "the man."

Fuck the elites. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!

[DrWeird]

17. False dichotomy.

nt

[cali]

19. Oh shit.

I actually agree with you. That's precisely what I was going to say. retch.

[prairierose]

18. according to my education "elite" but my bank account says "masses"

I prefer to believe that education is more important than money and so is a set of principles to live by that do NOT hurt other people.