Both legislators and craftsmen resist acknowledging each other’s expertise

Evidence

There are two points in politics very hard to compass. One is, to persuade legislators that they do not understand shoemaking better than shoemakers; the other is, to persuade shoemakers that they do not understand legislating better than legislators. The latter point is particularly difficult in our own dear country; but the other is the hardest of all hard things everywhere. — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 200

Categorization

• APHORISMS: A rare, timeless observation about the mutual ignorance between rulers and the ruled — each believes they know the other’s trade better.