Do you think academic and intellectual elites should/will abandon their fixation on equality or the more populous under class should/will do so first . A political and academic elite focused on promoting economic growth would help lower class people abandon some of their resentments and focus on their individual abilities to improve their lives. But since incentives don't align with that goal could the reverse happen, and people who are fixated on inequality slowly lose their prestige and are forced to change course to regain the public's trust
In terms of predicting the future, I have no idea. Voters are increasingly rejecting the Left in the voting booths because they do not like the results, but I do not see this causing any rethinking of the desired goals.
My guess is change will more likely come from non-Left parties producing stronger economic growth and voters liking the results.
Do you think academic and intellectual elites should/will abandon their fixation on equality or the more populous under class should/will do so first . A political and academic elite focused on promoting economic growth would help lower class people abandon some of their resentments and focus on their individual abilities to improve their lives. But since incentives don't align with that goal could the reverse happen, and people who are fixated on inequality slowly lose their prestige and are forced to change course to regain the public's trust
In terms of predicting the future, I have no idea. Voters are increasingly rejecting the Left in the voting booths because they do not like the results, but I do not see this causing any rethinking of the desired goals.
My guess is change will more likely come from non-Left parties producing stronger economic growth and voters liking the results.