"The average person isn't as well equipped to deal with large problems as the elite are. " I tend to disagree but I guess it depends on your definition of "Eli

"The average person isn't as well equipped to deal with large problems as the elite are. " I tend to disagree but I guess it depends on your definition of "Elite". If I define "Elite" as wealthy people than you are wrong. Most rich people, especially if the wealth is inherited, have little to no idea how to solve "large" problems and what are the problems in the world. I give you two quotes to think about. Both quotes are not meant condescending but just shows how out of touch they were with the common people. Finally I recalled the stopgap solution of a great princess who was told that the peasants had no bread, and who responded: "Let them eat brioche." (Queen Marie Antoinette) "An ancient Chinese emperor who, being told that his subjects didn't have enough rice to eat, replied, 'Why don't they eat meat?' (何不食肉糜？)Emperor Hui of Jin in Zizhi Tongjian.