Who are the Elites ? Same as they have been for 130 years.

[SparkyMac]

Ward McAllister divided America's wealthy into the "Nobs" (old money) and the "Swells" (new money). The Nobs were the intellectual elite; the Swells were the industrial elite then considered fashionable in American society.


http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma01/davis/newport/biographies/mcallister.html

McAllister made up a list of 400 people who were the social and intellectual hereditary elite. They were: the Vanderbilts, the Van Rensselaers, the Goelets, the Stuyvesant Fish, the Chanlers.... et al.

None of our present presidential hopefuls come near being elite.

[grasswire]

1. there are "elites" and then there are "elites"

I'll wager that middle America would consider anyone with a private college education who drives a Volvo, drinks espresso, belongs to a CSA, is a progressive/liberal etc., reads Utne Reader, listens to NPR, etc., as an elite. They've been trained to believe this.

[atreides1]

2. I'm part of Middle America

Where is this training facility you speak of located, I'd like to see if they offer night classes?