Thanks. I just try to understand the labels people apply to groups of people. That’s all. I do Not know for a fact that it is so…. That a mysterious third party called the “elite” causes all these troubles. I see that a Lot of people on Blurt blame the so-called”elite” for all the problems in the World so I would like to know who precisely they are. The lizard people ? Aliens ? The Russian Oligarchs ? The British Royal Family ?
I found this list …. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Superclass_List
With the elite I name the politicians in higher offices. They are often called the elite by both, media and peoples here in Germany. Like persons or groups with mandates, qualifications and also investments going on in certain areas, are also understood by the term as elites. But to be more accurate, I looked it up in the German dictionary:
It is a well known fact here in Germany that the US, in order to save their interests in Europe, must take influence on my country, for Germany is known as having the most influence (together with France) within the European countries. So it's crucial what my government is doing in this conflict between the western and eastern countries (in particular Russia) and to which side it turns in times of political upheavals. It's said that if we take a stance against Russia (pro US) that this might be not the best idea. We have a much closer relationship to the Eastern countries than to the US, not only being closer to them but also in terms of history.
I myself have ancestors who as Germans emigrated to Ukraine in the time of Catherine the Great. There they led a hard but quite decent life until political unrest and the Russian Revolution threatened their existence and many found themselves on the run or displaced. My grandfather owned a mill and at that time we were considered enemies by the partisans and the so-called people's fighters, because, as always in times of crisis, one goes by nationality and not by how at home a people already is somewhere.
We assimilated Russian culture to a large extent and I always felt closer to Russian because my family is partly Russian-speaking or my siblings still went to school there. The country and the people are therefore familiar to me. No matter how bad relations have been, the long history of the Germans with the Russians calls for healing and also for forgiveness. My family was in a prison camp and we only emigrated back to our former homeland in 1975. I therefore do not mentally and intellectually separate Ukraine from Russia, because linguistically and culturally they are much closer to each other than Europe. This whole conflict is over my horizon, but I am beyond condemning the Russians because I have nothing against the people. I make a distinction between the government and the people. But you can assume that in no country in the world is there a people as a whole that stands completely behind its government or its decisions.
If you are interested, I'll copy you the link where I was talking about my families history in more depth. That will maybe give you an understanding how complicated and intermingled historical events with private events are for me.