I think the people in government are idiots. I think most people are not as capable or intelligent as some of us would like to believe. The really smart and exceptional people are rare, and they never go into politics.
Heh, I don't think you need to be too smart to sit at the top of a bureaucratic mess, but this is just a childish X-files style conspiracy theory more than anything, and likely the result of me being disillusioned with politics in general.
I wouldn't put too much thought into what I said, since I certainly didn't.
But I like both of your perspectives too.