The Views of Citizens Are Ignored by Our Leftist Elites

The Views of Citizens Are Ignored by Our Leftist Elites
A sign reminds voters they need photo ID to vote on Election Day at a polling station at Hillsboro Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 6, 2018. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Philip Carl Salzman
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There’s a chasm between American citizens and their views, and the views of the far-left elites of the Democratic Party, the media, big tech, “woke” universities and colleges, unions, and big business and finance. These elites suppress the views of the citizens, and then impose policies with which citizens don’t agree. It almost looks like oligarchical despotism.

Philip Carl Salzman
Philip Carl Salzman
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Philip Carl Salzman is professor emeritus of anthropology at McGill University, senior fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, fellow at the Middle East Forum, and Past President of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East.
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