Contra Hanania On Partisanship

Response to Hanania's 'why is everything liberal?' Scott counters 'liberals care more' with Piketty's multi-elite coalition realignment (1950s elite-vs-commoner -> 2020s educational-elite-left vs financial-elite-right), so institutions lean liberal because they draw educated people who now sort left. The Ferris-wheel realignment framing + the pushback on Hanania's dictatorship-adjacent conclusion (this is a rosier, less-dictatorship-suggesting story).

Quality 69 · Strong. Strong: marshals a real explanatory model (Piketty realignment) against a live question, with a sharp institutions-capture mechanism; a topical contra piece.

Claude’s paradigm shift 50 · Moderate. Notable: applies Piketty's realignment lens to the institutions-are-liberal puzzle.

Real-world impact 2 · Minor. Within political-discourse; no material effect. =2.