Alex Christoforou
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“Get Sophisticated” and live like the elites
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NYT reporter faces backlash after relaying what elite say about Obama party
NYT reporter faces backlash after relaying what elite say about Obama party
A New York Times reporter received backlash on social media after making a comment on another network that critics believe dismissed concerns about former President Obama’s star-studded maskless bi…
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Sound like a bunch of nazicists, criminals can throw a party. Doesn’t make them any more morally bankrupt than this administration.
Alex, why don’t you expand on the core issue here. The outrage comes from the use of the word “sophisticated” What is the root word? “Sophisma”, or something close to it. The meaning is akin to a false argument or appearance. That is, something you argue with the appearance of logic, but lacking the substance thereof. as for appearance, In biblical terms it equals the meaning of “vain glory”, if I am not badly mistaken. Since you are Greek, you should enlighten us on this most misleading word!
This appears to be all about the meaning of the word “sophistication.” My thesaurus tells me that the opposite of sophistication is “artless, naive, simple.” Now the vast majority of the unwashed masses are indeed artless, naive and simple. So the question is: does spending $12 million to buy a house in Martha’s Vineyard turn you, upon signing the contract, into the opposite of artless, naive and simple? Or, to put it another way, does living in a small, modest apartment prove that therefore you must be artless, naive and simple. So, according to this reporter, there is a direct… Read more »
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Behind the millions accumulated by politicians and their families during their service to our country is a crime, done with the impunity of power and the stupidity of the voters. Money makes a pig’s ear into a silk purse and a nobody into a sophisticated elite.
What do I think? What I think is that this is an in-your-face, display and unapologetic decadence on the part of the American elite. It rather reminds minded me of F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, This Side of Paradise. The main character, Amory Blaine, gave forth with his class hatred as follows: ”I detest poor people” thought Amory suddenly. ”I hate them for being poor. Poverty may have been beautiful once but it’s rotten now. It is the ugliest thing in the world. It is essentially better to be clean and corrupt and rich than it is to be innocent and… Read more »
Hahaha, I like it!
Selling sophistication.
I’ve got some extra too.