The Elite and Moral Values

One of things which is described is that the elite is not moral and educated anymore. There may be corrupt men in good and sound institutions but now the institutions are corrupting as many of the men who live and work in them are corrupted. When it is said that the public is morally confused it means that there is a generalized lack of commitment. The institutions are not found on the ancient faith which nourished them. There is no moral order of belief and hence all men are open to manipulation and distraction of the world of the celebrities. Money and the things it can buy is considered to be the criterion of success and since money is the commanding value the influence of other values has declined so men become morally ruthless in the pursuit of easy money.

The heads of the big hierarchies are the wielders of the patronage of success. The elite justifies himself by superior merit and hard work but he is founded on other grounds so he has to persuade others and himself that he is the opposite of what he actually is. The higher cirlces in America claim that they are self made but what does self made mean. In the world of corporate hierarchies men are selected by those above them and they use their own criterion. There is n such thing as a self made man altough there are self used men.

Sicne wealth is considered as success so wealth and knowledge are interrelated. Status follows big money and status follows power. The men in the higher circles are not representative men, as their high position is not the result of moral virtue. They are however selected and formed by the means of power, they are not selected and formed by the civil service or by nationally responsible parties. They are "Commanders of power unequaled in human history".