isn't the point demagogues who trivialise expertise&experience? E.g., how would u feel about Trump trying to take over ur job?
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yes, that is their intended point. it isn't a very good point
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demagogues succeed by the very nature of the system, the liberal commentariat wants their favored sons in power forever but...
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...also the goodfeel that comes with being on the side of popular sovereignty. it's a ridiculous position
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it is clear that most of them would prefer a dictatorship of the intelligentsia but can't recognize/admit it because ideals
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not saying their analysis is nuanced but maybe ur analysis of their analysis needs more nuance
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I'm not analyzing them I'm making fun of them
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obviously liberal elites tend not to advocate dictatorship, it goes against the set of values they hold supreme
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that's what's so funny, these sorts of complaints about the results of elections they don't like are easily resolved just in...
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...a way they would never admit
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... playing racists like a fiddle. It's easy to stick up for misunderstood middle America in-checking- San Fran? But I'm here..
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I'd think about being a pilot too if planes were continually crashing into the ground.
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I see this as a commentary on devaluing experts, not a plea for oligarchy. It's also classic New Yorker.
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Actually, a broader electorate with less voting restrictions would have likely stopped Trump.
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The controls are being handed over from a community organizer to a man who build a global empire.
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Christ, what a douche/late-stage capitalism.
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? pointing out absurdity can be funny, especially when considering appointees who are suppose to be competent.
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