Just a reminder …
The opposite of a #populist is an #elitist

Which makes me wonder why “populist” movements so often promote “elite” outcomes.

Do you know what we call elitism, instead of elitism?

#Liberalism, that’s what.

Is the picture becoming clearer now?

Honest and Elitist Thoughts on Why Computers Were More Fun Before

https://www.datagubbe.se/aficion/

#HackerNews #Honest #Elitist #Computers #Fun #Nostalgia

Seeing middle names or initial displayed in photography/art has been irking me for a while, it feels classist* to me.

E.g. 'Andrew J Gifford' sounds posher than 'Andrew Gifford' but I can't find much around this other than;

https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2014/05/08-middle-names-make-you-look-smarter.page

*Possibly - quite likely in fact - unintentionally, as I'm sure most people who do this are just continuing what's gone before.

#Photography #Art #Classism #Classist #Elitist

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/2025/03/11/a-different-version-of-wally-daudrich

LOL..#dobbie 's typical horseshit.
I've sparred with her on social media before. She's #elitist and goes #adhominem, was against the #landfillsearch and staunchly supported #heartlessheather

#wallydaudrich is endorsed by CLC (extremist #antichoice group), is anti #lbttq+, claims there's porn in school libraries,and suggested siccing polar bears on the unsheltered.

So, status quo for #conservatives. Dobbie's spin to try and make them sound caring is #cringe
#canpoli

#Texas #politics #elitist #progressive #liberal #democrat

I'll one up this article. If you live in a very democrat dominated high population state, you need to move to Texas to flip the vote. Your first choice should be to move to Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, & Wisconson to flip the presidential race. Then, Texas. In Texas we affect the choice of school curriculum and school books for the whole US.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/28/texas-pediatrician-support-healthcare

The tyranny of TED? TED is elitist, perpetuating the old hierarchical model of learning that a minority of people know and a majority don't.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/10/the-tyranny-of-ted

#TEDTalks #TED #elitist #hierarchy #knowledge #learning

Met a Tesla and Apple fan boy while I was charging saying I should get a Tesla and that their family regretted getting a Nissan leaf

They called all fast chargers "super chargers" and also saying I was not supposed to charge to 100% when I was condition charging to get the BMS to recognize true 100% and also said that I am supposed to slow Charge it to condition charge when the fast charger slows down anyway when it condition charges

And saying Nissan leaf batteries degrade too fast if you fast charge when infact this leaf is from 2017 and has only lost 2 of 12 bars of health when by their logic I would of lost more than 4 bars of health

They also dismissed how modifiable and how much of a target the leaf is for modding and the fact that you can throw a new battery from a newer model into a older model if you jack up the suspension and the interchangeable stereo saying to "just get a Tesla" and that it's too much work and also said the leaf is inefficient when going fast and dismissed the fact you can change some of the components to improve the efficiency but also how efficient my current leaf is

But also when I said I am also trying to avoid Tesla because of musk they said

"I don't care about musk but I also get a free lifetime of supercharging"

They also said this while coming to the free fast charger I usually use with a css to Tesla adapter

It was also at a Nissan dealership

They also got upset when a 2023 Nissan leaf showed up on top of my 2017

#FuckElonMusk #elitist #elitism #RightToRepair #vent #electricvehicles

The tyranny of TED? TED is elitist, perpetuating the old hierarchical model of learning that a minority of people know and a majority don't.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/10/the-tyranny-of-ted

#TEDTalks #TED #elitist #hierarchy #knowledge #learning