[PaulHoule]

There’s a long running conflict between people who believe in “competent” vs “incompetent” elites.

The truth is that sometimes elites are competent and sometimes they are not or they are competent at some things and incompetent at other things. Events can change perception rapidly. The Russian Armed Forces were the object of fear two years ago, today they look like a paper tiger because Russia screwed up.

It’s an entirely different question of what motivates people to stick to the “competent” or “incompetent” position categorically.