Perhaps the biggest surprise of the Trump era is how many people who’d previously been regarded as sober experts, establishment pillars and all around elite have revealed themselves to be... (1/x)

utterly deranged, susceptible to conspiracy theories (while congratulating themselves on “believing in science” and being driven by evidence), incapable of exercising judgment or independent thought. (2/x)

It’s a good question as to whether the trauma of Trump’s election and the incentives of social media made them so or merely revealed what was always there, but as a former Secretary of State once said, “in the end, what difference does it make?”