Ordinary workers rationalize elite rule as superior education and wider vision

Evidence

I think anybody that has money—I think their interest is much wider than the regular working man…. And therefore I think that the man with the money is a little bit more educated; for the simple reason he has the money, and he has a much wider view of life—because he’s in the knowledge of it all the time. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2248

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Directly parallels the meritocratic rationalization of class hierarchy discussed in the sacrifice/ritual piece—elites naturalized as custodians who ‘take care’ of subordinates.
• XREF: connects to: Schools replicate workplace dominance hierarchies to produce a docile labor force. — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America:…, 1120