I don’t know who came up with the saying that “society is to blame.” I presume it was a leftist trying to deflect blame from someone they considered marginalized who had engaged in criminal activity. Anyway, my idea is that we on the right should replace it with “our elites are to blame.” There are various reasons:
1. It is more likely to be true than saying that society is to blame. Elites have more power for choosing policies than “society” does.
2. The elites we have now seem to be particularly bad at choosing good policies. “Math is racist.” When have any elites said anything so obviously false and stupid?
3. Our elites need to feel some heat for a change. They are constantly attacking the rest of us, so we need to attack them. This is why so many people liked Trump as president.
So, who are the elites? I’ll get around to defining them some other time. Meanwhile, just remember: society is not to blame, but our elites are.
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