benevolent elite, n.All

The Benevolent elite (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a comforting doctrine: that the able are our benefactors and we are safer trusting our interests to them than ourselves.