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> twist the general idea to fit the axe you want to grind. From the article just after the line you quoted: > Trust in the U.S. federal government to handle p
by gtsop 5y ago
> twist the general idea to fit the axe you want to grind.
From the article just after the line you quoted:
> Trust in the U.S. federal government to handle problems is at a near-record low. Trust in the U.S.’s major institutions is within 2 percentage points of the all-time low.
I can't possibly buy that fact that society has a problem if my aunt mary doesn't trust what plumberRob23 post on their instagram, so forgive for bothering only with the bigger issue at hand, which is systemic mistrust.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoYes, it's the major institutions. And it's the mainstream media (I guess those count as major institutions). And it's social media. I object to your trying to paint it as if it's only mistrust of major institutions. It's untrue to the article to limit it like that.
- gtsop 5y agoMy intention wasn't to exclude general mistrust. My purpose was to pick on a title that appears to me as missleading (and a bit annoying, I admit). I dislike these sort of titles that imply that we're all in this together and we are all at fault and this problem we are facing is some sort of natural phenomenon not tied to some people who are actually responsible