Most people’s understanding of mathematics, astrophysics, chemistry, biology and plumbing is much lower than their understanding of banking. They are, indeed, l

Most people’s understanding of mathematics, astrophysics, chemistry, biology and plumbing is much lower than their understanding of banking. They are, indeed, largely “ignorant” of these topics. But I’m not aware of commonplace hatred of mathematicians or plumbers etc. There’s a big world out there, and the term “renaissance man” exists because it is no longer possible for anyone to have excessive knowledge outside of a few chosen interests; thus the notion of a connection between ignorance of a topic and hatred of its masters is quite ignorant indeed. People hate bankers because they are individuals who have chosen to master a field whose intellectual demands are only barely above-average, but have a very large window for disproportionate rewards.