Yeah, I know. Tom Nichols is a dick. But the tweet he’s responding to? That’s our problem in a nutshell. Many Americans define ‘elite’ not as “the people who have the most wealth and status in a society”, but rather as ‘those who bothered to become expert in something’

@RadioFreeTom @seanmdav A technocratic, managerial elite, then… seems we’ve had that for decades now and how’s that worked out for us?

— AndTriumphToo (@NortonLoverPNW) January 2, 2017

*looks around at a technological superpower, highest standard of living in human history, peace and prosperity*

So far so good. https://t.co/fNmOvo5eoQ

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 2, 2017