Comment on How Elites Could Shape Mass Preferences as AI Reduces Persuasion Costs
Fusselwurm@feddit.org 1 week agoSome people with a lot of money who want to change politics in a given country do NOT belong to that country’s elites. To name some of the most prominent examples – think (dis)information campaigns by individuals like Mohammed bin Salman, Vladimir Putin or Rupert Murdoch.
Conversely, member of cultural elites can often be quite poor (journalists, artists).
beetus@lemmy.world 1 week ago
We are operating with different definitions, I guess. Vladimir Putin absolutely is a Russian “elite” under my world view.
Fusselwurm@feddit.org 1 week ago
oh, right. - i was under the impression we were talking about the elites among their respective societies.