> I'm not trying to be flippant when I say that it's good that they will not trust government again, as long as that leads to greater public vigilance against g

> I'm not trying to be flippant when I say that it's good that they will not trust government again, as long as that leads to greater public vigilance against government's creeping excesses and self-serving propaganda. These same people are hyper-credulous of extremist wingnuts who manipulate them, just not centrist/progressive politicians and news media. They're only "skeptical" of the mainstream. When it's climate-change on the table instead of COVID, they will behave the same, actively sabotaging necessary measures to protect the habitability of the Earth. When your grandkids ask you why your generation doomed them, what will you tell them?