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Old 05-11-2021, 04:43 PM   #1547
CliffFletcher
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Sorry, when did the 'less educated' have trust in our institutions? Seems to me that throughout Western history, the powerless have not trusted the powerful, often for good reason. It seems like this is a feature in the system rather than a bug. In order to get the result you're describing, we wouldn't be going back to the good old days when everyone was happy (because it's never existed) but rather it would require a massive restructuring of the entire system and a massive shift of our culture, economic systems, social systems, political systems, etc.
What we’re seeing is not business as usual. Globalization, demographic change, and the loss of establishment control over information have overturned the playing board.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/201...e-new-populism

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-polit...t-martin-gurri
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