Tehran, YJC. Mohsen Gharavian says that when the elite speak, they are followed by a group of supporters.
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Mohsen Gharavian, faculty member of the Al-Mustafa al-Alamia Society, provided
comments on the impact of the elite on society "In fact they are individuals,
too, but when they say something they are followed by a crowd; the majority
stepping in their footsteps.”
He added
"In socio-political affairs such as elections, too, people must resort to the
elite when they do not know something or they would like to know the
characteristics of the fittest. Usually it is so that although the elite are
single individuals, they are followed by the majority.”
"Therefore
what the elite and illumined say is of much impact in society. In sociology as
well there is the theory of elitism. They say it is always the society’s elite
who govern the people,” Gharavian, an instructor at the Qom Hawza as well,
asserted.