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CMV: If I'm not educated in a field, I shouldn't be highly opinionated (specifically economics/politics)

In my professional life I'm a programmer of about 3 years or so. I know a decent amount, but I also know how much I don't know. Every field is extremely complicated, and requiring years of study to gain any real understanding.  I don't know anything about physics, chemistry, civil engineering, economics, or political science, so I generally don't form opinions on them.

I wouldn't walk over to a chemist and tell them they're using the wrong instrument.

If someone's car broke down in the middle of the road, I wouldn't just start pulling pieces out.

So why should that change for economics or politics? How could I take a stance on universal healthcare, or increasing minimum wage, if I have no actual understanding of what that entails because that's not my field. I'd just be picking which one sounds nicer, and obviously more money and free stuff sounds nice.

I feel like this is the case for the vast majority of the world. Very few people actually study economics and political science and yet we have people extremely polarized vs the opposing side.. Isn't this intellectually dishonest?
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I don’t think either is comparable to computer programming and I’m speaking as someone who was a minor in economics 

Programming, and other technical skills and scientific fields, are about learning a pattern of facts and knowledge that can help you work within a specific field

Politics and economics are about your own personal interests in society

If politics and economics were equivalent to the sciences, then there’d be no need for democracy. The “experts” would run everything.

To their benefit. Because, of course they would. Because politics and economics is about personal interest and your groups interest, it’s not a technical skill, it’s the struggle for power and resources.