The order for western civilization came out of an unofficial person called Socrates.  As the empowered privileged officials ruling over him during that time would have liked to have had both the owning of the cake as well as the eating of it, just as the empowered today would like for everyone alive to think the same of them, in the end, one can't claim both designations as one who is empowered by birth and one who has received a rational education towards advancement.

Meditate a little on this:  For many in society, they aren't educated knowers; but, they are born empowered as such.

Indeed, what should be concluded above all else concerning the masterful efforts of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle is a basic paradox concerning what is true:  Even to this day, the offspring of the empowered in modern society are not being educated, but are still being trained at the likes of Harvard and other such institutions of empowerment all for the purpose of training them how to best take over and rule when it is time for them to take the rightful places of their parents.  What is hard to realize is how these empowered aren't the best educated in society nor are they the most rational as such privileged people will never have a need or desire instilled in them to be either.

Or else!

"Oh?  You don't think I am educated as a judge?  Thirty days in jail for contempt!"
"You don't think that I am educated as a business executive?  Your fired!"
"You don't think that I am educated as a police officer?"  Talk to my gun about it!"

To put it even more bluntly, in life, what can never be properly appreciated is how the irrational will always end up ruling over the rational.

This perplexing oddity about life has been known for thousands of years when it was made most clear back when a new type of education came out of Socrates, who, as Plato managed to express within his dialogue entitled "Meno," Socrates demonstrated how the mind of a slave could learn to advance just as long as a mid-wife philosopher such as himself was willing to serve him or her.

In other words, the Greek people at that time believed certain people were born into society with empowerment as their birthright..  As a child of a slave wasn't born from wealthy parents, it was believed they couldn't ever advance beyond their lot in life.  But, as Socrates was working around to realize, this wasn't the truth as they could be educated!

So, as most of us are educated and rational, Jed Bush, for example, should be considered empowered and irrational.

For the reason that those born empowered in life will always be more out of touch with reality than those of us who have to suffer the elements, so shall tyranny always exploit the rational with its irrationality.  As much of their lives will be made easy and downhill for them by their wealthy parents, so they will grow up to become spoiled irrational rulers.  

Don't be so quick to dismiss what I say.  Let it sink in.

As the Truth alone is the greatest power over all the other lessor powers of false manipulation, then knowing this one truth alone will best benefit the people.  Indeed, while best any government can be is a bastion of impostors, as a consequence, those precious ones best fitted to govern over us will always be out there lost among a multitude of worthless masses.

Therefore, as one of the fathers of the American Movement Henry Thoreau once said, "That government is best which governs least."