Agreed!
My favorite counter to elitism is learning all the silly/humiliating parts.
Science: Mauve was created in a failed home chemistry accident. Everything about discovering the Platypus tbh.
Military: Emu War, War Of The Bucket, Battle Of Kadesh, lots of silly wars.
Religion: Pope Fights.
I may not have an English lit degree, but I have no doubt my knowledge and skill with storytelling matches those with degrees, if not surpasses them.
I hope one day to be the bill nye of literature on the internet one day uwu