Is Ted Crewz Pantering Hesjus?

So the american public, we've done a lot of research on this, they all recognize that they are susceptible to social influence, and they're worried about self silencing. But they don't believe powerful people are. They believe the rich the powerful can say what they want. So when those people in positions of authority make these kind of statements, they have an outsized impact on the perception of everybody else, that this must be what we believe.