I think it wins unless this attitude takes root. We cannot trust our "democratic" institutions to survive without constant outward pressure to resist the press

I think it wins unless this attitude takes root. We cannot trust our "democratic" institutions to survive without constant outward pressure to resist the press of authoritarianism. It is a never-ending fight, and authoritarianism is on the rise because our underfunded history classes tell us it was already won before we were born (among other reasons).