Of course they have clout. They are the omniscience "experts" you hear about everywhere. But probably not as much as the rest of the blob (like woke journalists

Of course they have clout. They are the omniscience "experts" you hear about everywhere. But probably not as much as the rest of the blob (like woke journalists and corporations). The blob has soft power, and they aren't using it well. Soft despotism [1] is still despotism. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_despotism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_despotism