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Ridiculous hit piece based on dubious poll results. There's a lot of angry people in this world. I remember quite a bit rioting in France, revolting in Syria,
by buckbova 11y ago
Ridiculous hit piece based on dubious poll results.
There's a lot of angry people in this world. I remember quite a bit rioting in France, revolting in Syria, revolting in the Ukraine, etc.
> When asked if they trust the government, 89% of Republicans and 72% of Democrats say "only sometimes" or "never" . . .
I'm in the never group and for obvious reasons. Governments abuse the power we give them. And that doesn't make me angry, but smart.
- wvenable 11y agoIt's part of American heritage to not trust their government but I think that leads to a spiral of terrible government. It's a self-fulfilling prophesy. In other countries, people actually demand their government be effective and useful. In the US, it's just expected that it won't be.
- tedks 11y agoPart of the American heritage going back to Nixon, maybe.
- DanBC 11y agoYou might want to compare other indicators of anger. US has high murder rate, for example.
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- buckbova 11y agoDoesn't look to be anywhere near the highest. South America and Africa seem pretty darn angry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate#By_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention...