https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/16267/illusory-superiority
Illusory Superiority is a quality that now afflicts many in public policy who think they know most things better than the mayor, the governor, or the president.
This is an army of professional “seldom right – but never in doubt” individuals who seem to be singularly unphased by their ability to get so much so wrong.
If the goal of the newspaper is brainwashing and indoctrination, like Russia’s Pravda, its executives, of course, are perfectly right to harness thought; but that is a business decision about profits and market share. It should not be confused with journalism.
Those in politics, whether staff or politicians, possessed of illusory superiority may well bring down the republic. Quite a few seem convinced that by losing the executive branch, the House and the Senate, they are somehow saving the country rather than actually pulling the grenade-pin that will bring about the collapse of the nation’s economy, free-speech, and our very future.
We all know someone whose favorite pastime seems to be knowing something about everything better than anyone.
You know.
The one who lamented to a friend, “I told my husband he should not have sold that stock!”
“Well,” was the response, “Then maybe, you would like to invest some of your own money yourself?”
That was, apparently, not the right answer. Still, that sardonic exchange, labeled, “illusory superiority,” and once confined to inconsequential conversation, has now seeped into our political world, harming the ability to voice opinions, destroying open campus debate, and creating an environment that despite the opinion of the voters, allows government staff to view itself as far smarter than the person elected to office.