CIA Veteran Considers Abandoning Majority to Focus Education on Elite Twenty Percent

What was said

"I have very seriously considered whether or not it's better to just give up on all the people who have already kind of given up on self-improvement, give up on people who've given up on learning, give up on people who— it's a bridge too far to understand the impact of inflation. You just stop trying to educate them, and instead you focus on the much smaller population, which according to the 80/20 rule is 20% of the population that actually has the capacity, the interest, the ability to change their ways."

Bustamante reveals he is grappling with abandoning democratic principles in his educational mission, considering focusing exclusively on the top 20% who can effect change rather than the 80% majority. This represents a fundamental questioning of democratic governance and public service from a former CIA officer, though he acknowledges this contradicts his lifelong commitment to protecting all Americans.