They think themselves the apex of sophistication when they are its nadir.
It shows up like this.
It has to create a deadening conformity. Look at the "garden" of Trump's cabinet & inner circle. Continually pruning that which
What is left is a cabal of people, who look like this garden. Dull and uniform. All of a piece.
Lacking the wisdom to understand complexity.
I am impressed w the garden as metaphor.