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I would go further and be curious if people think that the uneducated class running the country is a good idea now?

• rayiner 9y ago
  Yes. I think the DC mindset that highly educated wonks should tell everyone what to do is intensely anti-Democratic.
  • mhuffman 9y ago
    The opposite of that is a far cry from the uneducated running the country. You don't think that people in charge of policy should have a minimum amount of learning beyond high school, for example, to deal with something that has such complicated externalities as public policy? Voting is one thing, because we are all in this together, but I really, really prefer a captain to steer a ship rather than someone who just has bold opinions on ships.
  • moorhosj 9y ago
    Who in DC is "telling everyone what to do"? We vote for them, they write the laws. That is how a representative democracy works. Under your vision of uneducated leaders, would those people still be "telling everyone what to do" when they write a law?
    • rayiner 9y ago
      There is a vast army of wonks (mostly in executive departments and agencies) that are doing most of the “telling everyone what to do.”
      • moorhosj 9y ago
        Do you think MBAs should tell software engineers how to write code? Do you consider people who specialize in software development "wonks" or just experts?