"Elites" Contrary to popular belief (among the "elites"), we do not have an elite class in this country. The self-proclaimed elites are no more elite than my big toe. They are simply people who have an excess of human pride and who have exalted themselves above their fellow citizens. Their haughty spirits have caused them to think better of themselves than they ought. I think the Biblical truth that "Pride comes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall"