Re: Why arent the smartest people running our countries?
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Because elitism is the worst governing policy a society can have.
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Why do you say this? What would you replace it with?
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Nono, you understand me. Elitism is what you get if you attempt to let the 'enlightened few' rule, or you pick your political leaders from an elite - sometimes called meritocracy. Iow. not traditional democracy.
It usually just devolves into pretty looking tyrannies - hypocrisy of the highest degree.
Singapore is probably the best modern example of such a society.
Elitism is an inherent danger of democratic principles, and any democracy can slide towards it if it starts picking it leaders from a single pool of people - as such you can probably call it the ultimate enemy of democracy; Invisible, seemingly justified and very, very corrupt.
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