The Meritocracy Myth

Unqualified appointees are running the government

Last year, conspiracy theorist and election denier Gregg Phillips went on a podcast and talked about a religious miracle he’d supposedly experienced: being teleported to a Waffle House. “Teleporting is no fun,” Phillips said. “It’s no fun because you don’t really know what you’re doing. You don’t really understand it, it’s scary, but yet, um — but so re…