WHAT WE HAVE IN FACT IS A KAKISTOCRACY WHO, PROTECTED BY A SIMILARLY INCLINED PRESS WHEN NO ONE ELSE HAD A PODIUM, CONVINCED ITSELF THEY WERE VIRTUOUS AND ALSO SMARTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE. THIS WHILE HIRING NOT FOR COMPETENCY BUT FOR COMPLIANCE. THEREBY ACHIEVING IN FOUR GENERATIONS WHAT TOOK EUROPEAN ARISTOCRACIES A CENTURY: SCIONS SO DUMB THEY COULDN’T TELL WHICH END TO PLACE THE CROWN ON WITHOUT HELP:  Going, Going. Gone.