• @callouscomic@lemm.ee
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    764 months ago

    He also further spread anti-government sentiment which has made society far worse as people question everything about government and how it can help people.

    • @CableMonster@lemmy.ml
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      64 months ago

      Why is questioning the government a bad thing? Shouldnt we have questioned the government more when we were looking for WMDs?

      • splicerslicer
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        314 months ago

        Difference between holding government accountable and outright saying government is always the problem. The latter only creates apathy among voters.

        • @CableMonster@lemmy.ml
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          34 months ago

          You have two different things there, holding the government accountable, is a thing that happens AFTER they have harmed you, why dont we have mistrust for them while they are making a claim?

          • @callouscomic@lemm.ee
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            44 months ago

            Small recent example. General blanket distrust in government leads to unwillingness to trust governmental health experts, leading to making the covid pandemic worse than was necessary.

            As was intended by those like Reagan.