Who are the elites? You, reader, are you “elite”? If I were a betting man, I’d predict that 99 percent of my readers would answer “no!” So let’s define what I mean by “elites.” In sociology, elites are not those who are somehow better than the rest. They are not necessarily those who are more hardworking, or more intelligent, or more talented. They are simply those who have more social power—the ability to influence other people. A more descriptive term for elites is “power holders.”
