“Even Hollywood millionaires are now clamoring for legal protections for their illegal-alien nannies and gardeners, though such elites would hardly countenance a similar legal laxity that would allow foreign film technicians, screenwriters, and actors to flood southern California to work in their industry for a fourth of their own pay.” FilmActorsPayIndustryHollywoodProtectionAliensCaliforniaIllegalSouthernElitesFourthFloodMillionaireGardenerScreenwritersCountenanceTechniciansNanniesSouthern CaliforniaIllegal Aliens Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“Westernization, coupled with globalization, has created an affluent and leisured elite that now gravitates to universities, the media, bureaucracies, and world organizations, all places where wealth is not created, but analyzed, critiqued, and lavishly spent.” WorldWealthMediaOrganizationUniversityElitesBureaucracyGlobalizationAffluent Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“It's very difficult, historically, to define what an elite is. But whatever it is, people are very angry at that idea, I think, not so much because of wealth or privilege as much as attitude that the populous masses, if I could use that overused term, feel that a particular government or cultural group is not subject to the ramifications of their own ideology.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsIdeasUseGovernmentDifficultTermWealthAttitudeGroupsSubjectsParticularMassAngryPrivilegeIdeologyIf I CouldElitesRamificationsOverused Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“In the case of [Donald] Trump, he was able to tell people that elites live in gated communities, where they have walls around their home.” PeopleHomeAbleCommunityCasesWallTrumpElitesGated Communities Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“Western elites - the beneficiaries of 60 years of peace and prosperity achieved by the sacrifices to defeat fascism and Communism - are unhappy in their late middle age, and show little gratitude for, or any idea about, what gave them such latitude. If they cannot find perfection in history, they see no good at all.” IfsYearsLittlesIdeasShowsAgeHistorySacrificeMiddleGratitudeLatePerfectionWesternDefeatProsperityUnhappyCommunismFascismElitesMiddle AgesLatitudeBeneficiaries Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“What is about Palin that drives the elite, especially elite women, crazy? Great looks? That Middle-America accent? The 5 kids and he-man husband? The lack of a powerful father or spouse who could jump-start her 'feminist' career with money, contacts, and influence? That Idaho BA? The wink? The charisma and, indeed, sensuality so lacking in her angry critics?” MenLooksKidsAmericaFatherPoliticsPowerfulCareersCrazyInfluenceMiddleHe ManHusbandAngryCriticsFeministContactSensualityElitesAccentsLackingSpouseCharismaPalinIdahoMiddle America Author:Victor Davis Hanson
