Progressives seem to believe they're so smart they should tell us how to run our lives

Progressive "elites" seem to assume the rest of us are too dumb to run our own lives without them telling us what to do.

Not sure where they got this idea.  Part of the reason seems to be that many of 'em went to "prestige" universities.  Another seems to be that since virtually all of 'em live in big cities, with subways and Uber and all-night cafes, they see this as an indicator of their own sophistication.

But it also may be as simple as this:  we don't make the same choices they do. Since they see themselves as smart and enlightened, they think anyone who has a different worldview must be inferior.

From that conclusion it's an easy jump to feeling free to tell the rest of us how to behave.  In fact, many seem to see that as the natural order of things.  They have assumed the role of our betters.

It's SO amusing.  Cuz when I walk around my unsophisticated small town, I've never had to worry about stepping in a pile of human waste, or on a discarded syringe.

Tell me again about how sophisticated you folks are, eh?