The tyranny of the mediocre matched with a surplus of stupid

I have seen shades of both these thoughts in a variety of forms over the past couple of weeks.  Regardless of the implied argument, it is just interesting that the ideas seem to be gaining circulation

The tyranny of the mediocre (almost always related to government functions and project implementation)

A surplus of stupid (split 2:1 between criticisms of the products of universities and criticisms of government policy ideas.)

As categories, they are both deep and wide.