In other words, this is the old progressive pitch and updated branding. This is the administrative state, this time with venture capital behind it. And I have the same objection. And it is a covenant. Objection. A country governed by experts is not self-governing. A country governed by oligarchs is not a republic. And men who answer to nothing higher than their own appetites are living by the very liberty so called Winthrop warned us against, the liberty that is really licensed. (31:42–31:51)
CLAIM
Asserts that governance by experts or oligarchs undermines self-governance and republicanism.
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