An elitist film for elitists? (Off-Topic)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Tuesday, May 07, 2019, 12:15 (2025 days ago) @ kidtsunami

I'm talking about a kind of elitist audience, who believe that a sign of good art is that it makes statements about issues like, for instance, a wealthy ruling class.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you're asserting that criticizing the wealthy ruling class is elitist?

Surely, you can see the irony of Hollywood filmmakers criticizing the rich and powerful?

These filmmakers ARE the elite. Heck, by worldwide standards, almost everyone in America is the “elite”. And by historic standards, most people alive today are the “elite”.

There is certainly PLENTY of corruption going on that is dangerous and harmful and needs to be addressed. But there’s an element to how this topic often gets discussed that is deeply influenced by jealousy, pure and simple.

“Down with the 1%!”

“Which 1%?”

“The 1% that have more than I do!”

Corruption should be the focus. And rich, powerful people who are also corrupt are very dangerous. But as soon as we begin to conflate wealth with corruption, things get real nasty, real fast. We end up persecuting the innocent. It also draws attention away from the reality that there is corruption at ALL levels of society, not just the rich.