> They are dominated by the elites from the same social circles Education is far from elite making, maybe elite in a global sense, but not elite by American st

> They are dominated by the elites from the same social circles Education is far from elite making, maybe elite in a global sense, but not elite by American standards. Being elected to a position also makes the social circle. It might surprise you that many American politicians are real people with real non aristocracy backgrounds. In physics your selection of point of origin determines your ease of calculation. You selected some kind of aristocracy/dynastic rule vs the people origin, which gives you a warped analysis because you are unable to find the root cause. If you instead choose authoritarianism and unchecked power as your point of origin, the comparison to the cultural revolution is very apt. "Ignoring experts," is also directly applicable. > In the Angloamerican West people always bring up the Cultural Revolution as a cautionary tale, Perhaps that's a lot of indication that many people see it is a relevant cautionary tail based on their own judgement. One populist man with unchecked power caused one of the worlds worst famines by denying experts and reality. That is applicable.