And what bill helps us do that? Well, listen, there's another word for the rule of experts, and that is an aristocracy, or more often in practice, an oligarchy. A country that is ruled by experts is not a democratic nation. We know we've tried this before. I mean our progressive with a capital P of a century or so ago, our progressive ancestors in the Progressive party, they really loved expertise. (20:15–20:19)
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