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The locus classicus of this question is in Plato's Gorgias, really the whole of the first section (dialogue with Gorgias), but particularly around 454-6:
Gorgias is an orator who claims that rhetoric (his art) 'comprises in itself practically all powers at once' (456a), as the orator is able to persuade anyone of anything.
Oliver Schick
Question (not loaded): we demand expertise of the people who do everything from fix our plumbing to provide us with health care. People with training and experience. What is it about running the country which we feel doesn't demand any such training or knowledge? That you can pop out of your own work on sabbatical and still be a success at it?