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It is when you don't trust the lawmaking process is acting in your best interests. And distrust of that process is extremely high atm (I believe trust in politi
by concordDance 4y ago
It is when you don't trust the lawmaking process is acting in your best interests. And distrust of that process is extremely high atm (I believe trust in politicians is below 50% in the US).
- bbddg 4y agoWell we don't really have a functional democracy in the US. That's really the core problem to fix before you can start trusting the government more.
- marklubi 4y ago> Well we don't really have a functional democracy in the US. The United States isn’t a democracy, it’s a democratic republic. Unfortunately, most of that was thrown out with the 17th amendment, and we’re paying for it now with increased federal control.