The oligarchs think that the people are both dangerous and stupid. Their point is moot. But we do know that the oligarchs are a good deal more dangerous to the polity than the people at large.
Gore Vidal[ New York ] is a place that worships incompetence particularly if it's combined with energy and paranoid self-confidence. Only in a city like New York could Truman Capote have made it, or John Simon.
Gore VidalI deny that there's such a thing as a gay person. I deny there's such a thing as a heterosexual person.
Gore Vidal