I think it undeniable that there exists a significant chasm between the American public at large and those who may be fairly characterized as our Elite.
But the nature of America's "Ruling Class" elite today seems quite different than it has been in the past, and especially from those of other societies, historically speaking.
Ours are not Earls or Dukes or other such hereditary grand pooh-bahs. They are not oil tycoons or railroad magnates or captains of industry. They are not members of shadowy societies with secret symbols, handshakes and Illuminati lapel pins.
What they are, are people who went to Harvard.
Seriously. Well, sort of.
Our elites are more broadly speaking people who went to Ivy league schools and who now thoroughly dominate the universities, think tanks, news media and government offices and bureaucracies.
They don't tend to create or produce very much of value. But then, they don't have to. What they do is to effectively control the powerful levers of government to enrich themselves and their families.