Thomas Sowell: The dull and stupid can't do much; "For creating a truly monumental disaster, you need people with high IQs"

...(Thomas) Sowell does not view Obama so much as a cause of America's decline as the embodiment of trends set in motion decades ago. One such trend is the gradual relinquishing to an elite of intellectuals the liberty that rightly belongs with individuals. These elites -- comprised of politicians, academic, journalists and judges -- are infected with the belief that they are qualified to make decisions for the rest of us. Sowell warns of the disaster that they can do: "There is usually only a limited amount of damage that can be done by dull or stupid people. For creating a truly monumental disaster, you need people with high IQs."