Last night in class we had a discussion about the word cosmopolitan.  As we noted, at one level, it is a simple descriptor of someone who has an interest in different cultures.

But there is much more controversial use/abuse of the word. In this version, there is a cosmopolitan elite, on both the political left and right, that has sold out national interests to global cultural and economic interests.

For a historical context, see the Wikipedia entry on the term Rootless Cosmopolitan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rootless_cosmopolitan

And for a more contemporary analysis, see this July 2019 article: What conservatives get wrong about cosmopolitans: ‘Citizens of the world’ aren’t so elite after all. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/27/what-conservatives-gets-wrong-about-cosmopolitans/

John