> SO we are to be ruled by experts? There's a reason people in power have advisors, and it isn't just to rubber-stamp things. Back in the old days, FDR had a

> SO we are to be ruled by experts? There's a reason people in power have advisors, and it isn't just to rubber-stamp things. Back in the old days, FDR had a board of experts to advise him on things. He listened to them. Governments also have a professional civil service, full of people who don't rule but who are in contact with those who do, and who know enough to give good advice. So the question isn't whether we have a technocracy or a democratic system totally unconnected to reality. It's how well-advised our democratically elected leaders are.