There appear to be remarkable similarities between the 'intellectuals as described by this passage (gleaned from):
http://www.martindurkin.com/blogs/real-global-warming-consensus-or-why-intellectuals-hate-capitalism
Today, the bulk of intellectuals in the ‘New Class’ work directly or indirectly for the State. They are paid out of taxes levied on the productive economy. In other words, the plumbers (and bricklayers and lorry drivers and estate agents) are forced to pay for them. No wonder the plumbers do not turn up at Green demonstrations to demand higher taxes and more state control.
The intellectuals are not grateful to the rest of us. They are parasitic on industrial capitalism and yet they despise it. They reach for more State spending like a flower gropes for the Sun. They call for more regulation and planning, because they are the regulators and planners. Having been found wanting by the market, they nonetheless believe they should be in charge. They say the ‘anarchy’ of the market needs to be contained and directed (by them).
and the rioters Dalrymple talks about (see previous blog 'FEED THE BEAST'):
...he may well have lived his entire life at others’ expense, such that every mouthful of food he has ever eaten, every shirt he has ever worn, every television he has ever watched, has been provided by others. Even if he were to recognize this, he would not be grateful, for dependency does not promote gratitude. On the contrary, he would simply feel that the subventions were not sufficient to allow him to live as he would have liked.
It appears that the only difference between the intellectual and the riotous mob relates to domicile.
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