When political commentators talk of the emergence of a post-truth world, they are really lamenting the end of an era when the truths promoted by the institutions of the state and media were rarely challenged. It’s a lament that’s been coming for a few years now. Each revolt of sections of the public against the values of the elites has been met with the riposte that people are no longer interested in the truth. What the elites really mean is that people don’t care about their version of the truth. So when the French celebrity philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy asserted that people have ‘lost interest in whether politicians tell the truth’, he was venting his frustration at an electorate that no longer shares his values.
– Frank Furedi (Samizdata)
The “Elites” of which he speaks are both the Davos type – the highest level politicians and billionaires that believe they know what is best for us so just let them “guide” us at the bottom. After all, they’re The Smart People!
Sorry, but we’ve seen your socialist worldview and you can stuff it where the sun don’t shine.
(H/T: Instapundit)
