You have a point though it takes reading Herbert Spencer/"Social Darwinism", Gustave Le Bon, Edward Bernays, Walter Lippman etc. to even think on these lines.

You have a point though it takes reading Herbert Spencer/"Social Darwinism", Gustave Le Bon, Edward Bernays, Walter Lippman etc. to even think on these lines. People forget how these people and their theories gave rise to and defended institutional Racism/Colonialism at the crucial "Dawn of Modern Industrial Society" starting in the 19th century. They put forth the notion that "the general populace are idiots that need to be managed" by a select few. Bernays says this in his book Propaganda; "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." The same idea has persisted in different forms into the current "Modern Times".