Yeah, we're told to "trust the experts" by non-expert Bay Area millenials who somehow have the authority to determine which experts are OK and which should be unpersoned. They've poisoned public discourse, maybe beyond repair in my lifetime, and I think you're right. Most of them are just True Believers; people who think they're doing the right thing but lack the life experience to realize just how powerfully ignorant they are and how harmful their actions are. Then there's Zuckerberg. I'd call him a reptile, but my turtle has more empathy than he does.