I think the true statement would be 'The People who run the World are not uncommonly intelligent'. They almost all probably have IQs in the 120 to 135 range.

I think the true statement would be 'The People who run the World are not uncommonly intelligent'. They almost all probably have IQs in the 120 to 135 range. That's not that smart, you can round up dozens of people smarter than that at most colleges. However, even at the low end of 120 that's still almost 91% percentile, which makes the statement 'The World Is Run by People No Smarter Than You' only true for like 9% of people. I agree with the sentiment but lots of people would not be in the same position as the people who 'run the world' even with equally good luck, because they would not have been able to understand the situations they found themselves in well enough to make decisions that were in their own interest.