I see that others have also noticed how the supposed elites put in piss-poor performance. From Valerie’s comment, it looks like arrogance and hubris is taught to the Ivy Leaguers (“They are taught that they are the best this country has to offer, and that they are entitled to run it.”). I think we’re seeing a real life example of why the Constitution included a clause that says no titles of nobility may be granted. Those who are taught that they are “entitled” to run the country and believe that b.s. turn into pompous pricks who believe their turds don’t stink and that they can do no wrong (and frequently look at you as if to say, “Who the hell gave YOU a right to breathe MY air!”). They forget they are still human and still make mistakes. But the pompous pricks who believe they can do no wrong refuse to admit ever making a mistake, and taking the necessary actions to correct it when they inevitably do make one. Nobody, not even the smartest person in the world, can possibly take everything into account. Something they didn’t count on is going to blow up their model sooner or later, and they’ll have made a mistake that needs correcting. If they don’t have the humility to do so, and keep on doing the wrong things, those little mistakes have a tendency to grow into huge, disastrous, damaging errors. Note the Keynesian thinking about the economy as Exhibit A.
