I remember when I was a child and still believed that people in positions of such authority must have earned the right to occupy it through merit and/or intelligence
Ah, remember the vague and comforting notion that someone in power must be looking out for you on some level, because it's the right thing to do, and they wouldn't be in charge if they weren't right?
Hey, you were a child, just think of all the liberal adults who somehow simultaneously believe that we live in a meritocracy and that 50% of the people in power are completely incompetent.
I remember when I was a child and still believed that people in positions of such authority must have earned the right to occupy it through merit and/or intelligence
Simpler times
Ah, remember the vague and comforting notion that someone in power must be looking out for you on some level, because it's the right thing to do, and they wouldn't be in charge if they weren't right?
Me as a kid assuming that people in the ruling class at least had a high sense of understanding of the world and how it worked
Me later
Hey, you were a child, just think of all the liberal adults who somehow simultaneously believe that we live in a meritocracy and that 50% of the people in power are completely incompetent.