The termites have been feasting on rot of the American establishment for a long time.
Some years ago, I was in Boston on business, and invited a European friend to lunch. The man was finishing a year-long fellowship at Harvard University, and was about to head back to Europe. Over a spread of delicious New England raw oysters, I asked my friend what the most important lesson he learned from his year at America’s most prestigious university.
He thought for a moment, then said, “How fragile the American elites are.”
