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		foobarian on June 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kickstarter Union voted 97.6% to ratify one of the... I mean, it is elitist. Is that inaccurate? What I don't get is why that is supposed to be bad. It's just a fact.

function_seven on June 17, 2022 [–]

"Elitist" is almost always used as a pejorative. Just looking up the definition of it points to social power, wealth, class hierarchies, etc. It is rarely used to just mean "smart, capable, skilled" in a neutral sense.

The comment above was clearly using it as a pejorative.

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