"Ex professors are not good for much." No you wouldn't want any of those 'elites', with special education and critical thinking skills, to have a role in making decisions in Parliament would you.  Especially in this highly specialized, post-industrial world. Do you feel that way when you require surgery? That white coated guy with all those years at  elitist schools must make you cringe.  By inference, I guess you would prefer just an average guy, like Joe down the street with a hacksaw, to look after you.  This puerile "anti-elitist" doctrine is getting so absurd.