Bourgeoisie amd aristocracy are very different kinds of elites. You assume too much about what I believe.
Education and upbringing certainly play a role in forming character, but what does it matter, if we know that most people are still probably better off not having a significant degree of power. Maybe if they were brought up differently they wouldn’t be, but they were not, were they?
In my experience most people do not like responsibility. They just want things to go well for them. Vote for someone and hope they solve all your problems, work for eight hours(I am sure they would rather not work at all, to be fair), recieve a wage and not have to think about it for the rest of the day.
How many people you know that refuse to put money in a pension fund? That instead of investing or being responsible with their money buy stupid things? That go into debt to buy non-essential stuff?
Most people are extremely irresponsible and inert, and I do not blame them for that, I think they should be compensated fairly for their labour, but I do not think they should run the economy.
Also, you are underestimating the role of culture in humanity. The idea that humans should be equal was unthinkable to the people of antiquity, as the seeds of that were planted by Christianity. They only sprouted in the Enlightenment.
Bourgeoisie amd aristocracy are very different kinds of elites. You assume too much about what I believe.
Education and upbringing certainly play a role in forming character, but what does it matter, if we know that most people are still probably better off not having a significant degree of power. Maybe if they were brought up differently they wouldn’t be, but they were not, were they?
In my experience most people do not like responsibility. They just want things to go well for them. Vote for someone and hope they solve all your problems, work for eight hours(I am sure they would rather not work at all, to be fair), recieve a wage and not have to think about it for the rest of the day.
How many people you know that refuse to put money in a pension fund? That instead of investing or being responsible with their money buy stupid things? That go into debt to buy non-essential stuff?
Most people are extremely irresponsible and inert, and I do not blame them for that, I think they should be compensated fairly for their labour, but I do not think they should run the economy.
Also, you are underestimating the role of culture in humanity. The idea that humans should be equal was unthinkable to the people of antiquity, as the seeds of that were planted by Christianity. They only sprouted in the Enlightenment.