There's something that I've been thinking about over the past few days, and that's the gradual transition of the term elitist from an aspiration to an insult.
I was raised to think that becoming an expert in a field, or in a skill, or even in a hobby is a good thing. To be elite, and to caport yourself only with those who are likewise also elite.. Isn't that desirable? Isn't that what people should want? I don't want the common man building space ships, or performing surgeries.. Why would I want a layman doing anything important?
I don't get it, folks. There is definitionally nothing good about being common. Why celebrate it? Why denigrate those who aspire to greatness?
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