Normally an elitist is someone of whom you are jealous and upon whom you project a disdainful attitude so that you can maintain the sense of superiority. It's a life ring for the ego.
When Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, trophy wife of Lord Evelyn de Rothschild uses it against Barak Obama, a man of humble origins and considerable achievement, it can only mean that she is jealous of what he is: a man of relatively modest means, who didn't marry into the nobility but is a presidential candidate and a candidate that doesn't seem to need the kind of support she supplied the Clintons.
Lynn's origins are nearly as humble. Before becoming the young trophy wife of one of the world's richest and well connected men, she had however already become a billionaire in her own right. It's hard to see where she might be jealous, but the ironic spectacle of titled nobility calling anyone an elitist must have some explanation. Could it be that "elitist" has been reshaped to mean anyone you don't like or is it that Obama is just someone who isn't impressed by her elitism and sense of entitlement? If so, that's a big plus for Barak.
Curious the Baroness should say that. Maybe “elitist” is her code word for “uppity.”
ReplyDelete"trophy wife" & "billionaire in her own right"
ReplyDeletevery odd combination of descripters - it rattled my brain a bit - I guess I've always thought of these things as being mutually exclusive. Sorry - I know this isn't the point of your post, but this unexpected combination of ideas leapt off the screen at me . . . a curious woman.
Trophies aren't just about looks!
ReplyDeleteBut isn't an accusation of elitism by the most exquisitely elite person on the planet an odd combination anyway?
Of course it says more about the idiocy of the public than it does about the perfidy of the real elite.
Yes - it is an odd combination - for sure.
ReplyDeleteAs for trophies not being just about looks - I agree - that's what was so rattling about your description of her! How wonderful that a woman can be a trophy for something OTHER than her looks. Though her being an elitist somehow takes the "fun" out of her unique trophiness.