In case you missed it, here is SP's loud musing on the skills of the elites:
Why should we trust the elite with more responsibility? I know that we are told that they're the smartest boys in the room, and they are pedigreed with the most expensive educations. Makes me wonder, though: If these people are so doggone smart, why are we so doggone broke.
She’s a smart woman. That’s why she had to be destroyed.