> An example is how the uneducated largely voted for Brexit, and won't change their minds in the face of evidence that it was a bad vote,

I'd argue that there's no evidence that Brexit was a bad vote for people without significant savings (designated in sterling.) It's easy to understand why the elites would hate it; it's responsible for a 10% loss in their worth.

I think you're still (accidentally) assuming that the descendants of people of merit still hold that merit somehow, rather than just having divergent interests due to their positions as owners and managers, rather than wage-earners.

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> Many of us want to build cool things and make money and contribute to the world, and capitalism makes sure we're rewarded for it,

Capitalism rewards destruction, deception, and extortion as often, if not more often, as it rewards productive activity. Ransomware is a cool thing, as an application of technology.