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The Liberal's Insufferable Superiority Complex

They truly believe they have a monopoly on intelligence and morality.

Armando Simon | March 21, 2026

One of the many obnoxious characteristics of present-day liberal elitists that makes them so detestable is their deep superiority complex, their Sophomania, their delusional belief that they are intellectually---as well as morally---superior to everyone else, particularly conservatives whom they see as  Neanderthals. They truly believe they have a monopoly on intelligence and morality. 

Camille Paglia put it well: “Many highly educated, upper-middle-class Democrats regard themselves as exemplars of ‘compassion’ (which they have elevated into a supreme political principle) yet they routinely assail Trump voters as ignorant, callous hate-mongers.”

This smug Sopjomania of theirs, combined with their self-righteous stance, is something that they bounce back and forth as they view with contempt the rest of the country, particularly the working class. When working class-Americans “dare to complain about the southern border or about jobs getting shipped overseas, what do they get called? They get called racists, they get called bigots, xenophobes, or idiots.” 

The leftist writer, Christopher Lasch, wrote that liberals see the rest of the public as “hopelessly shabby, unfashionable, and provincial.” And in their way. Yes, the people are standing in the way of progress, liberals being certain of the lack of “capacity of ordinary citizens to grasp issues.”

         Back in the 1930s and 1940s, the complete opposite was the case. The common man was seen as the salt of the earth, imbued with kindness, friendship, loyalty, common sense. Frank Capra films illustrated this populist philosophy.

         That has changed. Just like the esteem towards “populism” has changed.

Now, they openly voice their contempt for regular people. 

In regard to the inflation caused by the Biden and the Democrats, one elitist at The Atlantic stated that the inflation was the........

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