Is it religion ? a matter of supersition ? against bees or some others bugs ? why, why ?
Is it society’s elite that betrays its country, or is it the national system that betrays itself?
One often gets the impression that politicians are there only to exercise power or for reasons of that sort, when in fact they should be putting themselves at the service of the nation in order to serve their country.
I have heard some people say things like: “The elites are betraying their own country; they’re highly educated and yet can’t even run the country properly.”
But aren’t the Grandes Écoles precisely the institutions that are incapable of adapting?
In France, the Grandes Écoles are mostly public institutions whose purpose is to train political leaders.
I think this debate will vary from country to country…
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