Striking the tone of “we just need to put competent people in charge instead of these morons” has several harmful effects.
Complacency just seems like a weird word for it. Why choose that one?
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I'm adapting Tyler's word to describe our institutions. Another word which has been gaining traction in certain circles is decadent, which I think is a good descriptor too.https://www.amazon.com/Complacent-Class-Self-Defeating-Quest-American/dp/1250108691 …
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I didn’t like Tyler’s choice of rhetoric either tbh. It’s memetically fit but it seems subtly bad.
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