No problem and I don’t want to leave this hanging.
My thought was about our religious beliefs informing our political opinions. The left definitely believes in elitism, that a few are fit to rule and many are only fit to be governed. That coincides more with Islam than Christianity. Liberty is a Judeo-Christian belief and all men are entitled to liberty having been created in the likeness and image of God. Hence, we seek a form of government to recognize that belief. That left rejects that creation equality and asserts society would be better if the “best and brightest” (which is them of course) made all decisions. Similarly, Islam is to be ruled by religious experts.
Of course, I do reject that democracy is the best form of government because I do value liberty and know that mobs are ruled by passion, not reason.
Again, my apologies for spurting this out but I think we are basically in agreement. Your question triggered a thought that I should have held until it was reasoned.
The left is actually right that society would be better if the “best and brightest” made all decisions. Of course they are wrong that the “best and brightest” is them.
Liberty is a Judeo-Christian belief and all men are entitled to liberty having been created in the likeness and image of God. Hence, we seek a form of government to recognize that belief.
But at the same time:
I do reject that democracy is the best form of government because I do value liberty and know that mobs are ruled by passion, not reason.
Perhaps we confuse "fitness to rule" with "entitlement of liberty"?
I am asking because I don't know. I am a monarchist, but these terms remain at tension in any social theory, either Jeffersonian or monarchic.