I agree that there is certainly some continuity through the Ivy League, but when I look at our so-called “Elites”, my first thought is not “Wow, look at all the white Protestants…”

I’m with Kirk, nepotism and connections still seems to count more than competence. The Brits have the same problem. They tended to favor “oxbridge” candidates over others in things like their intelligence agencies, and see what that got them. The OSS and later the CIA was no better….

I still think that the old WASP elite was better than what we have now, but that’s probably more of a comment on what we have now than any comment on our old elite. But say what you will, the WASP’s did at least manage a few successes, built up or industry and standard of living, and usually won the wars that they blundered us into, which is more than we can say now…

That pre-Vietnam “elite” was the same one that blindly followed FDR into what amounted to a fascist dictatorship and prolonged an economic adjustment into the Great Depression, the same one that sold out to the Soviets, and the same one that blundered us into WWII essentially unprepared and completely stupid about the politics of it all. What’s going on today is simply more of the same bullshit.

The “elite” ain’t at all elite, nor are they all that smart. They never have been, and all you have to do is actually read history to observe that fact. Hell, as far back as the pre-Civil War era, you can see the mendacity and sheer incompetence that got us into that idiotic situation, from whence flows an awful lot of our current situation.

Frankly, I think we’d do well to ban anyone with an Ivy League degree or background within three generations from ever holding public office or position of authority. The loss of competency from those few worthy of respect would be minor in comparison to the mass of f**kwittery we’d be getting rid of.

Unfortunately that’s of little value, since when exposed, they brag about their corruption and misdeeds instead of being sent to jail.

We might well be wise to put everyone with an Ivy League degree or association up in front of a wall, and then perform the usual drill. I am becoming more and more certain that these people do not act with any of my interests at heart.

The lefty said, You want to win and get out. I want to just get out. But neither of us runs things, and the liberals who run things want us to stay in and lose.

Jerry had nothing.