According to the "theory of the leisure class," the folks who create havoc in the course of "earning" their daily bread have far higher status than folks who solve difficult problems.  The quote from 1921.  "The industrial system is handicapped by dissension, misdirection, and unemployment of material resources, equipment, and man power, at every turn where the statesmen or the captains of finance can touch its mechanisms."

"Remember the I35W bridge--who needs terrorists when there are Republicans"