There are plenty of people of EVERY persuasion, education level, religion, ideology, etc. who are clueless. The fact that the author singles out one particular group, (with no supporting data, I might add) shows his complete bias, imho. But then, that leads us to another question - who decides what is “clueless”? LOL.
Some of the most complex intellectual writings and ideas throughtout the ages have been the product of Christian theologians.
My point exactly, and I would only add “and there always have been”. I’m only surprised the author didn’t use the slur “Joe Sixpack” to describe the bulk of the population. I think the article is intended to appeal to the “elite” and to justify the idea that a select group should make decisions for the rest of us. If we on the right buy into this thinking, then we simply make ourselves competitors for the role of telling other people what is best for them (and, frankly, we’ll probably do just as poorly at it as the left does -— witness the current administration). That’s the point Sowell makes in his book “The Vision of the Anointed”.