Yep.
And they get paid six figure salaries because they spout this crap and look pretty at the same time. Oh, and they have friends and spouses in positions of power that the folks who employ them want to suck up to.
And it has always been thus.
Why do you think Joseph was able to have such an impact on the court of Pharaoh when he was basically just pronouncing common sense notions in the midst of the same type of sycophantic babble?
When what is necessary is common sense you'll find that it's not so common, after all.