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Maybe in the US, but not worldwide. When you compare, countries where citizens trusted the government and generally followed the government's plans fared bette
by yongjik 4y ago
Maybe in the US, but not worldwide. When you compare, countries where citizens trusted the government and generally followed the government's plans fared better than countries where individuals fought for their rights to choose what they think was best for them.
IMHO Covid demonstrated the importance of trust in the system. When people trust the system, and think of the society as something they need to work together to maintain, they tend to come out better. Even after their governments did make many bad decisions.
- spritefs 4y agoIf people don't trust a system that raised them, there are inherent flaws with the system that it is either unable or unwilling to address
- TylerE 4y agoJust because X is bad doesn’t imply Y isn’t worse
- yongjik 4y agoSure, but a major flaw of the American system is that it's deliberately pushing its people into being distrustful of the system (and each other). Not trusting the government, or wanting to make it less effective, is considered a virtue in many parts of America. (And it's not just the conservatives.)
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- subradios 4y agoYes, but those flaws are not simply among the people these criticisms are leveled at. Technocratic autocracy created the issues, but the response is typically "so add more technocratic autocracy". It's not just those evil billionaires (read, people in the .1 percent whereas being on HN makes you highly likely to be in the 1%) manipulating society, it's Good, Honest, Educated professionals who are making incorrect or reactionary decisions regularly and doubling down when called on it.
- fastball 4y agoHow are you measuring that?
- devtul 4y agoTo say "trust the system" requires a religious inclination that many don't have
- Herbstluft 4y agoThis statement only makes sense on a philosophical level.
- mistermann 4y agoActually, it is incorrect on that level also. Religious faith is only one form of faith, there are many others.
- cbsmith 4y agoThis would seem to presume an opaque system whose workings are entirely unknowable with divine providence... rather than something constructed, operated, and controlled by humans.