**** the idea was that ‘government by unelected experts is better than government by elected rubes because people who get elected, all they do is, they’re not necessarily intelligent. They don’t have expertise. They just lie and bribe and promise things they can’t deliver, flatter people. And that’s how they get elected.’ ****
Nailed it
Plato got there in his Republic.
“This regime is ruled by a philosopher king, and thus is grounded on wisdom and reason.”