Saturday, December 20, 2014

The Expert Class Writ Large

Jonah Goldberg believes Jonathan Gruber should have been Time's Person of the Year. An excerpt:

It worked, in part, because Gruber really is arrogant. But Gruber’s arrogance goes beyond the personal. He represents the arrogance of the expert class writ large. They create systems, terms, and rules that no normal person on the outside can possibly penetrate. They make life and living more complicated and then get rich and powerful off of their ability to navigate that complexity. Time and again they sell simplicity and security and deliver more complications and insecurity, which in turn creates demand for more experts promising simplicity and security the Gruberians never deliver.

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