>> it feels like the public appetite for institutions like that has never been lower Increased access to information and decentralized media allows people to s

>> it feels like the public appetite for institutions like that has never been lower Increased access to information and decentralized media allows people to see the potential (and often real) corrupt nature of centralized power, so this isn't that surprising. When you coalesce power into a centralized entity, you remove accountability and provide perverse incentives to those who wield power. It's a natural consequence of faster and more free trade of information, goods, migration of peoples, etc.