“Estlund, as characterised by Brennan, accepts that knowledge differences exist and that well-run epistocracies might perform better, but denies that expertise alone gives authority to rule; Brennan answers that his case rests on an 'anti-authority tenet' against imposing incompetent rulers.”

Context. Estlund's own argument is in Democratic Authority (2008); this claim follows Brennan's account of it.