From Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990), educator and “hierarchiologist,” The Peter Principle (1969):
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.
By now it’s obvious which one is correct.
Luke 4:5-6… “And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.”
The god of this world is running things.