Status Updates From First World War: Still No E...

"Yet, if an elite is to be more than a collection of individuals who are arbitrarily propelled into a position of power, it needs to possess an esprit de corps – a common ethos and outlook – through which it can understand its role, express its interest, legitimate its values and inspire the public." - interests should suffice.

"‘Politics without adversary’ represented the constitution of a form of technocratic politics where social conflict would be mediated through the deliberations of an oligarchy of policy-makers and experts."

"The absence of any significant cultural affirmation for neo-liberalism is demonstrated by the near total absence of voices who describe themselves as one." - ie as neoliberal. This is only proof that neoliberalism is simply 'economics', which is the triumph of cultural affirmation.

"In the long run capitalist efficiency and calculation does not provide a sufficient basis for order" - wishful thinking. "Order" is what capitalism is all about - as opposed to democracy.