Self Interest and Control
... Elitism plays a major role on Contemporary politics because of Self- Interest and Control. ... These elites controlled not only other human beings, but also ran the south, due to the control of trade between plantations. ... This concerned Roosevelt because you can control factions, but not eliminate them. (Madison, 1787) Some more Contemporary ideas, showing elitism exists in politics would be the way many elites control or run the large media’s and banks. ... (Dye & Zeigler, 2000, 103) The big “3” Citi Corps, Chase Manhattan, and Bank of America control 15% of all U.