Those who find themselves oppressed by their ruling body often hold disdain towards the government or existing social order for various injustices or inequalities. Others may hold envy for those in power, or even wish for said power to not exist. Depending upon the extent of perceived injustices, as well as the tolerance of the people to accept their conditions, anti-elitism may erupt into mass actions such as, protest, rebellion, revolution, or
anomie. Historically, anti-elitist political personalities have often been accused of being
demagogues or
populists, either on the Left or Right of the political spectrum.
Hitler's "original targets, for example, weren't the impoverished Jews of Eastern Europe, who suffered immeasurably during the Holocaust. It was the class of literate, educated, and established Jews in urban centres — the elites of their place and time.", argues
Adam Gopnik, from
The New Yorker. More recently,
Donald Trump's political project has been described as that of an "anti-elite elite"; as were various political French and British movements. Political movements and groups that present anti-elitist features have been identified in various countries, including Turkey, the United States, France, Greece, Poland, and Ukraine. == In the media ==