The root problem is that people don’t trust authorities. Why? Because they burned that trust.
People don’t believe the scientific consensus on vaccines because there were no WMDs in Iraq, to give one of many huge examples.
“But those were different experts!”
No they weren’t. Not to the average person. They were “the authorities,” and “the authorities” lied us into a trillion dollar war. Why should anyone trust “the authorities” now?
Tangentially… as bad as I think Trump is, he’s still not as bad as George W Bush in terms of lasting damage done. Bush II was easily the worst president of the last 100 years, or maybe longer. He is why we have a president Trump.
People don’t believe the scientific consensus on vaccines because there were no WMDs in Iraq, to give one of many huge examples.
“But those were different experts!”
No they weren’t. Not to the average person. They were “the authorities,” and “the authorities” lied us into a trillion dollar war. Why should anyone trust “the authorities” now?
Tangentially… as bad as I think Trump is, he’s still not as bad as George W Bush in terms of lasting damage done. Bush II was easily the worst president of the last 100 years, or maybe longer. He is why we have a president Trump.