I think it's not so much that we *give* power as it is that the average normal person isn't particularly interested in power in the larger spheres, and before you know it the morons are in charge of everything.

I'm trying to get over a bad bout of guru revulsion, which is affecting my ability to tolerate even the good while avoiding the dreadful. To be sure every place I encounter a Sowell quote I'm quite impressed with the common sense.