Worst of all, there's no one to take the blame and reassert control. Nobody knows who is in charge. No one knows who to appeal to. It's an increasingly common gripe among the articulate. Again and again, particularly in articles about Silicon Valley, intellectuals are venting their rage at the dynamism of the American economy.
Nobody is in charge, they fume.
We never voted for this state of affairs, they say. We never hashed it out in public meetings. No experts weighed the costs and benefits and made out an economic plan. These are supposedly sophisticated people. But they have a childlike view of social systems.