Silicon Valley is constantly saying that the government is irrelevant and powerless. But that's because most people there have never seen it get serious.
“The leader of men in warfare can show himself to his followers only through a mask, a mask that he must make for himself, but a mask made in such form as will mark him to men of his time and place as the leader they want and need.”
“You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.”