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A word to the experts who wonder why people don’t trust them


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2021 Aug 5, 10:32am   156 views  1 comment

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https://notthebee.com/article/a-word-to-the-experts-who-wonder-why-people-dont-trust-them

Prevailing sentiment, often exacerbated by activists on both ends of society's philosophical spectrum, is that:

The CIA and FBI are infiltrated by nefarious operatives part of a deep state cabal
The Federal Reserve and other monetary agencies are corrupt entities attempting to manipulate markets to the benefit of select groups
Colleges and universities are aggressively anti-academic environments, dedicated to creating activist drones rather than deep thinkers
Churches and religious organizations are self-serving, patriarchal hotbeds of misogyny and homophobia
Media has become little more than exploitative, for-profit propaganda networks
Medical expertise has been exchanged for pop culture trend chasing
The degree of truth in each of those common beliefs is perhaps less important than this reality: collectively, those perspectives are so widespread, so culturally endemic, that the consequences to our civil society will be far from trivial. It may truly be the most underreported and under-analyzed story facing Western Civilization.

While news headlines and talking heads meticulously debate the morality of those who refuse to get a COVID vaccine or wear a thin, porous piece of fabric over their mouths between bites, little if any time is given to why those people are so unwilling – they thoroughly distrust and despise the experts telling them to do it. The public finds them flagrantly disingenuous, willfully dishonest, and motivated completely by politics. ...

Intellectually paralyzing progressives with their own hyper-emotional appeals that have been used effectively for decades against conservatives, the sexual revolutionaries hold the left hostage. They hijack the public narrative through progressive-controlled entities (academia, media, entertainment) to the point where legitimate science-based operations like the country's largest collective of medical professionals is publicly spouting gallingly anti-science slogans out of fear they would otherwise be labeled "transphobic."

Of course, there is a deeper spiritual rot at issue here. When truth is lacking, power politics will fill the void every time. But it's probably wise to take all this incrementally, starting here:

The reason people don't trust academics anymore is because they have proven they will choose their preferred politics over reality.
The reason people don't trust journalists anymore is because they have proven they will choose their preferred politics over truth.
The reason people don't trust governing authorities anymore is because they have proven they will choose their preferred politics over fairness.
The reason people don't trust medical experts anymore is because they have proven they will choose their preferred politics over science.

So then, let's be clear. The loss of trust between the people and public institutions is not the fault of the people. We didn't choose this. No, blame rests completely on the shoulders of those who have betrayed their charge by choosing self-indulgent political agendas that lead to real world consequences.


The fall of Wikipedia into mere propaganda is a good illustration of all this.

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1   clambo   2021 Aug 5, 11:01am  

The media and politicians are to blame.
People have access to information which they didn't before the internet.
It's clear how dumb the talking heads are (Don Lemon) so we don't believe them.

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