I enjoyed this article Jamie. I think a key aspect of the pandemic is that technocratic experts were subject of populist, anti-elitist anger while not recognising themselves as such. According to some of your metrics they are clearly elite, others clearly not, meaning if one is selecting criteria instrumentally each side can easily claim they are right.
That being said, I still think it's a useful concept in the abstract. Recognising that power is often pooled with other advantages in life is something that is not forgotten by those at rhe bottom of the social hierarchy, but having grown up around elites I do find they can forget how strong the interaction is.
I enjoyed this article Jamie. I think a key aspect of the pandemic is that technocratic experts were subject of populist, anti-elitist anger while not recognising themselves as such. According to some of your metrics they are clearly elite, others clearly not, meaning if one is selecting criteria instrumentally each side can easily claim they are right.
That being said, I still think it's a useful concept in the abstract. Recognising that power is often pooled with other advantages in life is something that is not forgotten by those at rhe bottom of the social hierarchy, but having grown up around elites I do find they can forget how strong the interaction is.
I don't disagree.