I wish the elites would stop constantly blaming magical powers that somehow manipulate the poor, deluded masses and instead possibly consider that people don't

I wish the elites would stop constantly blaming magical powers that somehow manipulate the poor, deluded masses and instead possibly consider that people don't trust the elites because they are divorced from the masses and populate ideas that will harm them. Arguments like this really are arguments that we need much more control of the discourse to choke out ideas that challenge the elite mode of thinking. The writer is more along the lines of educating the tech barbarians, but it isn't much of a step to direct control when the barbarians don't particularly want to be educated. The idea that maybe the elite should reflect a bit never really occurs.