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Why citizens are losing trust in democratic governments
yahoo ^ | 01/21/2022

Posted on 01/21/2022 12:48:22 PM PST by devane617

Edelman’s Trust Barometer for 2022 revealed that the global level of trust in government and media is dropping. An annual online survey conducted in 28 countries and reaching over 36,000 respondents found that distrust in political institutions fell in 2021 across the world. Among the key findings of the report was the overall lower trust in world leaders and institutions around the world, with 67% of respondents saying they worry that journalists and reporters were “purposely trying to mislead people by saying things they know are false or gross exaggerations.” The figures were 66% and 63% for government and business leaders, respectively.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: marxist
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Of course a Marxist form would be a better choice.
1 posted on 01/21/2022 12:48:22 PM PST by devane617
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mistrust in government is a must to keep them in check. those entering politics have their reasons, and mostly they are for personal gain.


2 posted on 01/21/2022 12:50:06 PM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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"Why citizens are losing trust in democratic governments"

All part of the DemonRat plan..

3 posted on 01/21/2022 12:51:41 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my b"ack for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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4 posted on 01/21/2022 12:53:20 PM PST by RomanSoldier19 (Res ad Triarios venit; )
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Democrats are trying to take over our republic and turn American into a socialist/communist disaster like Venezuela. The first democracy in Greece did not end that well.


5 posted on 01/21/2022 12:54:10 PM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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What’s happening in the West is that people realize their “democracies” are no longer democracies. As their governments harass, abuse, and impoverish them citizens are beginning to realize that their governments are no longer listening to them. People rationally conclude that if their votes were really worth something then their government wouldn’t abuse them.

Dictatorial and abusive government behavior is where this crisis of confidence s coming from.


6 posted on 01/21/2022 12:54:41 PM PST by WMarshal ("Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither.")
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Globalists don’t want voters to matter.

We are a republic, not a democracy. But voting by The People is important here, as it is in many countries. And, clearly, honest elections have become very uncommon. The media lies. The academics lie. The experts lie. You can’t trust anyone. Then the Globalists steal the election and take over governments around the world. And if anyone says anything, the answer is: “Oh, you silly people and your conspiracy theories!”


7 posted on 01/21/2022 12:56:29 PM PST by ClearCase_guy ("If you see something, say something?" I see people dying from vaccines.)
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We need one world communism. Let’s all bow before the new peace making one world leader of the only life sustaining planet.
Freedom is just another word for being selfish. All together now, FOR THE GREATER GOOD!


8 posted on 01/21/2022 12:57:14 PM PST by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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They are not “Democratic governments”. Not in America anyways. It’s a stolen government.


9 posted on 01/21/2022 12:57:31 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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Aren’t the Marxists already in our midst and in our governments in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the UK hasn’t COVID tyranny settled that issue in your heart and mind?


10 posted on 01/21/2022 12:59:45 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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the time has come to abolish the democrat plantation. The party of slavery, segregation, secession, Jim Crow, the KKK, Japanese internment camps and now communism doesn’t deserve any respect or a single vote.


11 posted on 01/21/2022 1:00:05 PM PST by No name given
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Because so many “democratic” governments are making decisions by decree, acting as if only government appointed “experts” have the truth, denying transparency of either data or opinions, and, in league with others, controlling information so as to support government policy not to support the people’s right to decide democratically.


12 posted on 01/21/2022 1:00:59 PM PST by Wuli
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Come on, we got the best politicians that money can buy.


13 posted on 01/21/2022 1:02:01 PM PST by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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A lie. People are losing trust in governments pretending to be democratic.
14 posted on 01/21/2022 1:04:51 PM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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FRAUDULENT ELECTIONS!!!


15 posted on 01/21/2022 1:05:26 PM PST by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them.)
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Because they want us all dead?

Just a guess.


16 posted on 01/21/2022 1:08:26 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong [FJB])
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Ummm..because they are not democratic? They are authoritarian regimes that favors some groups over others.


17 posted on 01/21/2022 1:09:17 PM PST by Adder (Proud member of the FJBLGB community: /s is implied where applicable.)
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So-Called democratic governments
Like countries with the word “ democratic” in their national title
Often are the opposite of democratic

The term democracy is not used in our founding documents


18 posted on 01/21/2022 1:09:21 PM PST by silverleaf (“Freedom ultimately means the right of other people to do things that you disagree with”. T. Sowell )
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Because they aren’t behaving as democratic governments… duh. It isn’t government of the people, by the people, and for the people when government mandates your decisions.


19 posted on 01/21/2022 1:13:29 PM PST by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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because they were too clueless and ignorant to distrust gov’t from the get go?

as by far the greatest American said:

“Government is not reason. It is not eloquence. It is a force, like fire: a dangerous servant and a terrible master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.”

—Geo. Washington


20 posted on 01/21/2022 1:14:58 PM PST by dadfly
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