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And of course it's circular: The US doesn't do things like well because Americans don't trust their institutions and think governments are inherently corrupt a
by nicoburns 2y ago
And of course it's circular:
The US doesn't do things like well because Americans don't trust their institutions and think governments are inherently corrupt and ineffective, so they think might as well join in (and then perpetuate that corruption/ineffectiveness).
- shiroiushi 2y ago> think governments are inherently corrupt and ineffective, so they think might as well join in (and then perpetuate that corruption/ineffectiveness). Sounds like the way countries typically considered "corrupt" probably work. But for some reason, Americans don't like to think of their country as being as corrupt as someplace like [random central American country], despite evidence to the contrary.