Whenever I hear the rich described as “the elite”, my brain immediately converted it to ThE eLiTe

Meh, the connotation is still clear.

True, if you look at people taking power and control in MAGA America, many are there because of their white skin and not resume or skill

Edit sorry if this comes across as racist, the intent is more to highlight how some of these people bring nothing else to the table

I call them the leech class.

Scum floats to the top.

They’re rent-seeking parasites

Call them gentry

Lazy parasite class?

Elite in this case refers to the ability to exert power and privledge. Everyone who is in a society does so to some level. (Obviously much less)

It is not a term of adoration.