Yes. However the sad fact is (sad at least if you dont like politicians) that politicians ARE the knowledge class for ruling. Technocratic views always seem to

Yes. However the sad fact is (sad at least if you dont like politicians) that politicians ARE the knowledge class for ruling. Technocratic views always seem to me to be a variant of the 'old physicist' problem (http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2556); http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2556); that is, smart people in a given field wrongly assuming they are just generally smart, rather than specifically.