!Chomsky writes: 'Quite generally, what grounds are there for supposing that those whose claim to #power is based on #knowledge and #technique will be more benign in their exercise of power than those whose claim is based on #wealth or #aristocratic origin? On the contrary, one might expect the new mandarin to be dangerously arrogant, aggressive and incapable of adjusting to failure, as compared with his predecessor, whose claim to power was not diminished by honesty as to the limitations of his knowledge, lack of work to do or demonstrable mistakes.' 'one would expect any group with access to power and affluence to #construct an #ideology that will justify this state of affairs on the grounds of the general welfare.' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Power_and_the_New

!Chomsky writes: 'Quite generally, what grounds are there for supposing that those whose claim to #power is based on #knowledge and #technique will be more benign in their exercise of power than those whose claim is based on #wealth or #aristocratic origin? On the contrary, one might expect the new mandarin to be dangerously arrogant, aggressive and incapable of adjusting to failure, as compared with his predecessor, whose claim to power was not diminished by honesty as to the limitations of his knowledge, lack of work to do or demonstrable mistakes.' 'one would expect any group with access to power and affluence to #construct an #ideology that will justify this state of affairs on the grounds of the general welfare.' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Power_and_the_New_Mandarins #1969 cc @question