When they mess up is when it changes. When you look at old institutions and powerful people, sometimes their rule ends abruptly because of scandal, bad decisio

When they mess up is when it changes. When you look at old institutions and powerful people, sometimes their rule ends abruptly because of scandal, bad decisions, or corruption. Bear Sterns, Enron, and Nixon are examples of this. For a new publishing platform to succeed, the old one needs die. For an organization built on prestige to die, it needs to be mired in scandal wrapped up and packaged in the political zeitgeist at that moment that not only affects its small community but also develops the ire of the entire society. At that point a new platform will emerge, likely backed by, and inheriting its prestige from, another institution. Edit: I realize, unfortunately, this post doesn’t give anything actionable that anyone can enact. It at least offers hope that things can change.