We’ve heard for years that we’re in a moment of widespread distrust of institutions. But perhaps we’d be better off focusing on how much damage one person can do.
@couts they are in some ways related, no? Meaning, if institutions were trusted and therefore operating with full support and legitimacy, perhaps one person wouldn’t be able to have such an outsized impact (at least, not to this extent) because the institutions could provide a degree of counterweight/act as a ceiling.