What is "the ruling elite"? Kids whose parents pay a little bit more to ensure that classroom sizes are 15 rather than 30? The stigmatism of public school is really unwarranted. It's not like they're being inducted into the stonemasons, and it's not rocket science that smaller classrooms with...
If they are democratically elected, surely it is more wrong to suggest that they don't deserve their positions due to circumstances which were never in their control?