Why Are All the Experts Such Dopes?
Townhall.com,
by
Kurt Schlichter
Original Article
Posted By: DW626,
6/7/2021 7:20:49 AM
The great progressive dream is to dispense with rule by us mere citizens in favor of a government staffed by technocratic, disinterested experts who selflessly apply the principles of science (social science and real science) to create a better, more efficient, effective, and impactful society. Of course, the progressive advocates of expertocracy assume that those experts will share their coastal, urban and blue perspectives, mores, and values – funny how that works. And it has been working, for them at least.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
chumley 6/7/2021 7:27:40 AM (No. 808132)
There is no solid definition for "expert". In reality, and expert is someone who agrees with me. They can be found world wide in bar rooms, break rooms and at parties. Their only common factor is their massive self esteem.
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All my friends, associates, acquaintances are experts too.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Krause 6/7/2021 7:40:35 AM (No. 808144)
It’s the Peter Principle. If they’re around long enough eventually they can float into a high position. The problem is when they start bloviating they expose themselves. Like Fauci did.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Krause 6/7/2021 8:02:08 AM (No. 808157)
And Biden did.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Strike3 6/7/2021 8:34:55 AM (No. 808188)
Calling oneself an expert is ample proof that the person is not. We see it everywhere, education, finance, psychology, justice and in all other areas where the expert applies his expertise and ends up with a huge mess and a many unhappy people.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Clinger 6/7/2021 8:38:30 AM (No. 808191)
It's almost a programed automatic response to praise an article written by Kurt Schlichter but this is a great article.
Lately I have been focused on the word salad smoke screens used throughout the history of human civilization to identify and manufacture a false pretense of differentiation between various forms of government. Once those who lusted to lord over their fellow humans did so by claiming they were themselves some form of God. Then they claimed to be God's chosen ones with the concurrence of the Pope of some other and that it was God's will for their bloodline to remain in a position of absolute power. Then we moved on the bullstuff of the people's Marxist champion supreme leader who invariable proved to be no different than any other God-ruler, emperor, or king,
The "credentialed" elites are no different, just another pack of thugs looking to lord over us using rebranded marketing vocabulary. It all boils down to the power structure of who makes what decisions about whom. Draw the org chart without titles and only then will you see the true structure.
Frankly I see more honesty in old days rule by the biggest strongest badazz. Today we have the same intentions the same danger just a new environment and criteria for determining the "strongest." Our government was designed to protect us from that, which is why it must be dispensed with by those seeking to rule us.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bighambone 6/7/2021 8:43:28 AM (No. 808198)
Maybe because they are educated idiots!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
MickTurn 6/7/2021 8:56:14 AM (No. 808209)
It comes down to Arrogance...when has anyone ever met a University Professor that wasn't an Arrogant Ass?
Think about it, it comes with the territory!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
red1066 6/7/2021 9:28:50 AM (No. 808250)
Remember, people are only experts if they are referred to as government experts. Everyone else is a fraud and they don't know what they're talking about.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
qr4j 6/7/2021 9:44:27 AM (No. 808270)
FTA: "The great progressive dream is to dispense with rule by us mere citizens in favor of a government staffed by technocratic, disinterested experts who selflessly apply the principles of science (social science and real science) to create a better, more efficient, effective, and impactful society."
This is NOT the dream. "Better, more efficient, effective, and impactful" has nothing to do with the society progressives want to create. It is all about CONTROL over others. In a progressive's mind, the ELITE get to tell the masses what to do and think and be. That sort of mind doesn't trust ordinary people to do what's best for themselves in a decent, peaceful, law-abiding manner. And that sort of mind wants CONTROL!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
HotRod 6/7/2021 10:26:08 AM (No. 808310)
Allowing the UNELECTED bureaucrats to inflict the harm allows the ELECTED politicians to say: ''It wasn't me! I know nothing"
We have to hold the elected politicians responsible for what the bureaucrats do. No more lies and deception!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 6/7/2021 10:50:41 AM (No. 808348)
Today some people relate education, a name on a school which hands out paper diplomas to experts is some field. The problem is people enter the front door of the hallowed halls of institutions and exit as dumb as when they arrived, look at Hillary Clinton. To advance learning in universities are nothing but extend high schools where you actually learned nothing to gain a remedial education you should have attained in K thru 12. Who thinks Nancy Pelosi is a 'government' expert not I or Oprah Winfrey a marriage expert when she's never been married or an expert on diet.
I'll pass on most people who declare themselves 'expert' until I witness the proof. I have to go with Kurt on this one Fauci guessed until one of his many guesses he got correct. We are duped daily by experts so advance with caution.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
LaVallette 6/8/2021 7:47:37 AM (No. 809312)
Expert: "ex" = "out of" , "spurt" = "drip under pressure", So "expert" = "Out of a drip under pressure"
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