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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Or if there had been more uncertainty about the bogus claims of voter fraud. Which is what Trump supporters are creating, across the country. They do not trust the government, institutionally, and their lack of trust is self-fulfilling and self-replicating.
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With the endless barrage of stories emerging online - from credible sources - showing our govt's capture by special interests and corporations, why should anyone entirely trust the govt?
2008 Bailout
Iraq War based on lies
Revolving door
K Street
Endless lies about the actual state of things ("Everything's fine!" or "We're fucked... but only because of what the other party did!")
Significant corrupt media doing the right's and left's bidding
SCOTUS
The case for trust in anything pretending to be running this country right now is?
ETA: I just watched
Vice the other night, for the fifth time. It's a dark comedic satire. It's also about 10X more truthful about what happened during Cheney's reign than the NYTimes, WaPo, CNN, Fox, or any other news network carrying the administration's water on the Iraq War at the time. Jon Stewart told more truth in his show than the nightly news of every network during his tenure. We're a country run by clowns and fabulists. To understand this fucking place you don't need Harold Beale. You need a fucking stand-up.