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Hmmmm. I tend to agree that the word is "elitism". Not "The elite", as a specific demographic. Many see themselves a elite, socioeconomic status aside. Many who are not landed and wealthy, but have attained high education exude elitism, many who are landed and wealthy, but are dumber than a bag of hammers, see themselves as being "elite". These latter are more born into wealth, not by personal initiative.
So, as an American thing, elite is more a state of mind, rather than a societal station. Within America, there are many many people, who will spit tobacco juice on a Rockefellers Italian shoes, without a care to wealth and station, and the same ...courtesy..would be extended to an arrogant , educated type. This being a fairly common opinion of "royalty" within American general society. No respect, I tell ya. Lol
I see you have already asked the question I just asked. It's subjective versus objective.
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Why don't you give your definition of elites? If you don't believe something can be defined, then no one can give you a definition. If you don't believe something even exists, no one can convince you it does. So you're right, there's no such thing as "elites". No one is elite and we're all exactly equal.
The elites are those who hold power due to their wealth or high position, and those who exert significant influence over them.
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I have been given a glimpse into the world of the Elites, by virtue of a family member on my wife's side. (This person is towards the outer rungs of the Elite world; if he was towards the core of it, I never would have met his daughter in the first place).
The Elite is very, very confined in certain zip codes/postal codes. (Charles Murray has done good work on this separation/isolation recently).
I would guess there are 20,000 people or so that we are talking about (in the US/Canada). A small number of people.
Roughly speaking, one-third are in government, one-third finance/business, and one-third cultural/academic/media.
Good luck, OP. This kind of query attracts the worst.
That seems like a pretty good estimate of numbers involved. And staying with the one-third theme, probably somewhere around that fraction are Jewish.
The elites are mostly white and jewish in postions of power, influence and wealth from all over the world influencing America. They're in government, corporations and finance, media and academia.
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The "elite" are those who believe that they have a "right" to impose their will upon others with initiations of force, aggression, and coercion. So basically they are any of the sociopaths that support or vote for government. Government is nothing more than an institution of evil and aggression used by thugs and tyrants to impose their will upon their fellow man. The "elite" believe that they, and government, have a fictional "right" to use aggression to get their way. They are Divine among lowly humans that they believe that they should rule over with force...
Seriously. I guess people just can't seem to quantify what makes someone part of the "elite".
It was quantified several times in this thread. I guess some people can't accept the quantification.
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I tend to agree that the word is "elitism". Not "The elite", as a specific demographic. Many see themselves a elite, socioeconomic status aside. Many who are not landed and wealthy, but have attained high education exude elitism, many who are landed and wealthy, but are dumber than a bag of hammers, see themselves as being "elite". These latter are more born into wealth, not by personal initiative. 
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