institutions

Liberals often convince themselves that they are less susceptible to misinformation because they see themselves as being on the side of institutions such as journalism and academia that prize facts and verify information, Caplan said.

And neither journalistic institutions nor Democratic leaders are fanning the flames by alleging that these conspiracy theories are real.

Senate and its members’ willingness to capitulate to you and your agenda, you might do what the president-elect just did: nominate a slew of underqualified and unsavory characters to lead the nation’s most important institutions, all at once, and dare the upper chamber’s majority to say “no.”

But his victory was also something else: a popular revulsion toward elites, a repudiation of government, a vote to smash all institutions.

But if the cost of living remains unaffordable for many and if the wars in Europe and the Middle East do not end soon after he takes office and if he blunders on the economy, he risks becoming unpopular again, making it harder for him to dismantle the very institutions he has promised to destroy.