One of the problems with many of the elites is that the very commonness of common sense does not serve their purposes. It's wonderful to believe you have some insight that all the vast millions don't have, and that therefore you should be making their decisions for them.
— Thomas Sowell, Uncommon Knowledge: More Social Justice Fallacies (Robinson) (2023)
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