Let me express it better: I think we need a mercantile and political infrastructure-- such "classes", if you will. However, I think the ultimate power should be

Let me express it better: I think we need a mercantile and political infrastructure-- such "classes", if you will. However, I think the ultimate power should be held by a scholarly class, which should generally use it lightly so long as society remains in a morally acceptable state. Right now, for example, if an entrepreneur makes a deal with a VC, the founders pay the VC's legal fees. This is a domination ritual designed to humiliate the founders, of a "lesser caste" than the business high priests. This is wrong. The founders, being the creative force, should be setting most of the terms. This world of the "Golden Rule"-- those with the gold make the rules-- needs to shot to pieces and rebuilt in another form, where those with talent and creativity make the rules. Ultimately, power should be held only by a scholarly set of people who are aware of (and intellectually competent enough to defend against) power's inherent tendency toward abuse and evil.