Absolutely right. We have had 40 years of highly effective propaganda (publications like 'Reason' magazine, think tanks, endowed chairs at universities, cable "news" networks, etc.) carefully designed to undermine the public's confidence in both government and science. The goal: dismantle our modern liberal democracy, with its corporate regulations and social welfare programs, and replace it with a radical libertarian model that does little beyond protecting property. With one party under their control, the Kochs, Mercers, et al are closer to their goal than most of us want to think.