Questions worth considering. @adamgurri @ATabarrok @slatestarcodex https://twitter.com/razibkhan/status/807715892167643137 …
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justification of elite status. We have character to rule vs we have education/intelligence to rule.
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Give examples? Eg yes, we choose people who know about war as generals, but that seems like good idea if we want to win.
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Hard to explain in 140, but idea that powers that be deserve place because smart, disdain for populist oppo as ignorant.
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Education , "science", confer moral superiority now, at least in eyes of elites and their supporters. Mostly left, but some
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libertarian economists and supporters do this as well. (See Bryan Caplan, Tyler Cowen.) Justification by Grace of Harvard,
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not by demonstrated character. Look at journalists. Most feel entitled to talk down to populace, because they "know more"
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(they don't). They demand trust. Old line reporters earned trust - war correspondents were close to war, not pontificating
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about "complexities" from hotels far away from actual fighting.
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