[cripplecreek]

Its a long held progressive desire to have a group of elites making the real decisions for the bewildered herd in this case Wilsonian propagandist Walter Lippmann.

Early on Lippmann said the "bewildered herd," his way of referring to the masses, must be governed by “a specialized class whose interests reach beyond the locality." This class is composed of experts, specialists and bureaucrats. The experts, who often are referred to as "elites," were to be a machinery of knowledge that circumvents the primary defect of democracy, the impossible ideal of the "omnicompetent citizen".

[zeestephen]

My thanks to you and Lippman for a wonderful new phrase.

“Bewildered Herd”

This might also resonate with parents of teenage children!