Yes, you nailed the prevailing sentiment of the leftist ‘intelligentsia’. They really are delusional and think they are smarter than everyone else, with special insights. It's the “Oh, you haven't been to Europe?” crowd. Elitist as they come, but characterizing themselves as champions of the downtrodden. It sickens me to think of how much power we've given them to mess with the lives of the rest of us.
” It’s the “Oh, you haven’t been to Europe?””
I can’t stomach that bunch.
When someone tries to impress me by saying “I’ve been to Europe and...” or variations on the theme - I cut them off and ask “Which part...the part whose ass we kicked or the part whose ass we saved?” (With thanks to P.J. O’Rourke)
I remember a friend who’d been stationed in Britain saying that with socialized medicine and dentistry, “You’d see the most beautiful girl you can imagine, then she’d smile and you’d see these HORRIBLE rotten teeth.”
It was the same for most people there. The MP that helped pass all the socialized medicine programs died while on a waiting list for a CAT scan.