Society’s institutions are controlled by oxbridge-ivy-league professionals, who
ostensibly represent “the best and the brightest.” Government is controlled by
top lawyers; medicine is controlled by top doctors; banking is controlled by top
economists; and education is controlled by top professors. The net effect is
that society is controlled by homogeneous coalitions of elite professional
insiders who cloak their arcane activities with esoteric jargon. I propose that all
societal institutions be controlled by redbrick laypersons who can apply
common sense and function as conduits between the professionals and the
public. This will provide some long-overdue transparency and accountability
over wealthy, powerful, inscrutable institutions whose members tend to be
arrogant and condescending. Sometimes the brightest are not the best.

Competing interests:
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