Why are so many rich, so-called Smart people so dumb???
Dumb for supporting Trump, or for being so late to the party?
Because the rich are a small insular group that socially interacts mostly with themselves. All the people around them who aren't rich are so busy spelunking up their backside in hopes for a dribble of money that they never give them any negative feedback either. That is why when the rich get out of hand citizens have to band together to kill enough so that the next crop of leaders have a healthy fear.
Because they hang around with other smart and rich people and no one wants to be the first to point out that the others are idiots.
A question for the ages.
Because their money has gone to their heads (and they think they are god).
Elitists like Gates, and their minions are very insular. Not knowing that there are so many people on the other side that they do not have contact with. I remember when Nixon got 60% of the popular vote in 1972, some Hollywood person couldn’t understand it because everyone she knew voted for McGovern