I don't believe intelligent people are capable of managing other people's lives. I also don't believe unintelligent people are capable of managing other people's lives. This is why I don't believe democracy is a solution to the problems of elitism.
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Generically, all command systems suffer from problems of lack of proximity and exposure to relevant information and other imperfections. Elitism in particular is mostly objectionable only because I have very specific tastes in what I would consider elite.
I also don't believe any level of elitism justifies taking away the rights of others. Taking away other people's rights can only ever have justification in improving the wellbeing of those others themselves, which is an "outcomes talk" scenario. And almost always misjudged.
