Robert Kaplan: "Elites, by definition, are often brilliant and attractive-looking people"

From Ahmet of Tunisia:  "Asad, this is deeeeep stuff :"Elites, by definition, are often brilliant and attractive-looking people who, because of their own sophistication and social confidence, welcome cosmopolitanism in all its aspects. For they are never insecure in the midst of exotic environments. But most people in this world are not brilliant, not terribly attractive and therefore not confident. Their lives are full of struggle. So they naturally take refuge in family, community, religion or some form of solidarity group."