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Young Americans lose trust in the state (www.ft.com)

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 18 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

I don’t trust them either

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I trust them less

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Than the corporations and Christofascists?

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Part of the problem with your sentence is the implied "I don't trust the government at all" mentality, which is just as ill-informed as saying "I completely trust the government".

It's how conspiracies flourish.

Literally, all you have to do to distill down any conspiracy is to say, "I don't trust the government, therefore..." and you can start filling in the blanks.

Trust law? FCC? Roads? Plumbing? Water treatment? Work safety? The weather? Phones? Batteries? Etc

Are they perfect? Fuck no. But government regulations have helped save so many lives and improved many more. And yes, it needs further improvements.

But to gut it to the point of complete distrust and Indiana Jones-ing the idol for a bag of sand, is just gonna get you a giant fucking boulder that crushes everything in its path.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

It would be more accurate to say I don’t trust large groups of humans. All three of them - government, corporations, and religion - have done awful things. A person can be smart; people are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals.

I’d say ask the natives if you should trust the government but they’re thin on the ground… because of the government.