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Posted on 04/29/2026 8:20:31 AM PDT by spintreebob
Why do we seem to hate each other so much here in the United States? Why do so many people seem obsessed with conspiracies, steeped in anger, and ready to spend large segments of their day fulminating on the internet about people they don’t know, on topics that they know nothing about?
There’s a simple answer: Our institutions are failing.
Trust in American institutions—in the media, in church, in the scientific establishment, in government and, of course, in academia—is at an all-time low. And because of our lack of trust in institutions, Americans also mistrust one another.
You might think that it would be the opposite—that we mistrust one another, therefore we mistrust our institutions—but that’s not the case. If you grow up in a religious community, going to church helps shape you. Likewise, the people you hang out with shape you, the institution of your family shapes you, your school shapes you, your university shapes you. ....
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Is Ben Shapiro now saying we should put more TRUST in institutions and organizations? Trust some National Association of Scientists? Trust some National Association of Politicians? Trust some National Association of Experts to tell us what to do and think?
“Trust the experts!”
No, it's because the CNN, Internet, Social Media and cell phones were invented. We've always had weirdos, misfits and outcasts, but they never had a global platform where they could screech and demand 24x7. CNN started the insatiable 24x7 news cycle. The Internet, Social Media and ubiquitous cells phones gave voice to the crazies.
In prior centuries, the weirdos, misfits and outcasts only affected people nearby in their immediate vicinity. Now they can coalesce into a global virtual mob.
Our radical universities are turning out an army of educated assassins
https://nypost.com/2026/04/28/opinion/radical-universities-produce-an-army-of-educated-assassins/
All these esteemed “Associations” pontificate because the ignorant behave like sheep. If it were not for these “Associations” and the docile ignorant, there would be no Democratic party.
Our institutions are corrupted /fixed
Educated?
I would say “Indoctrinated”.
They were never "American" institutions.
I don’t think he’s saying we should just trust them as they are - he’s saying we need the make them more trustworthy.
I have to admit I’m not a “joiner”. The last thing I’d want is to get involved with government - and I also have zero interest in being a journalist. I don’t want to be a professor at a university or a preacher.
The only “institution” on his list that I do want to be a part of is my family.
So maybe that’s a problem. If I don’t aspire to being part of any of these institutions and other good people don’t want to get involved, then we shouldn’t be surprised when they become something we don’t like.
There seems to be a paradox in society, where our institutions tend to be run by people who are interested in running things. They like minding other people’s business, to put it bluntly. People like me who would rather everyone minded their own business - we tend to do just that. We don’t seek public office or top positions in the various institutions.
Jill Biden called Fauci 'America's Doctor' (though he's a bureaucrat who doesn't actually practice medicine), while she was also being called 'Dr. Jill' for her PhD in education. People put signs in their front yards stating 'We trust the science'. People watch movies and TV programs and fall for the intended indoctrination points over and over. Too many people still believe that there are such things as 'elite universities', when the reality is that they are almost all overrated cesspools of internal politics - with a primary focus on 'the brand' and doing whatever they can to increase their endowments while making sure other people pay for their new buildings.
It goes on, and on, and on. We shouldn't 'trust' our institutions. We should hold them accountable to the maximum. They haven't earned any trust.
The longer an institution survives, the more corrupt it becomes.
Our institutions are failing.
That a sizeable number would be failing at the same time suggests a common stress.
Anyone in the top half of the IQ scale will have noticed our institutions have been under a well-coordinated increasingly growing political attack for the past 40+ years. The American Left and other socialists, largely through community organizers, fine-tuned tactics and successfully inserted Marxist-influenced themes in our culture.
See for instance, the 2010 Radical-in-Chief by Stanley Kurtz that provides the names and organizations responsible for just about everything we are seeing today.
Obama and his vice president Biden, of course, were the face of the effort at the time.
No they are not "failing." Any institution public or private associated with or receiving funding from the government is thoroughly corrupt. It is just one great big mishmosh of learing centers.
Not possible.
Government will fix everything.
Sarc-
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1.) Government is about the least efficient way to do things. No concept of ROI, no practical view on risk and how it needs managed, no real bottom line and threat of bankruptcy if a customer is dissatisfied, no real competition and no real innovation.
Space-X moves things to space at 5% the cost of NASA. Not 50%, that wasn’t a typo, 5%, as in 1/20 the cost. Why? Government is riddled with good ideas like energy star, small and minority business incentives, favoring unions, etc etc etc. and politicians managing this all are not known for having the best project management practices concerning scope creep or even just sticking to a basic plan past 3 years.
2.) Government has no customer focus. If you question this, ask a vet how well the VA takes care of him, ask yourself why the USPS is closed when FEDEX and UPS are open. Ask yourself if Medicare really cares about what the customer wants? Government does not see those PAYING for the service as a customer. Government is also seldom culpable. They make sure that you can’t sue them or they set a frame work and process in place that highly restricts legal recourse. There is a disconnect between the customer and the person providing the service because you do not control the money as well as having a government that isn’t culpable. This is because you have a middle man that has control of the money (government itself), and they are the true customer who BTW also gets to write and change the rules of the game at will as it’s being played. It’s like playing monopoly with someone that can change the rules of the game.
It’s not that the people in government are all bad or evil, but the (((system))) doesn’t pull the best nor most out of people. It’s a political institution, not a business. Give them the money, and they will blow millions on educating sub-saharan men on the proper use of a condom while decrepit bridges are collapsing at home.
The largest political party in the USA - the Democrats - is pathologically dishonest, corrupt, and dangerous.
Institutions that COULD be useful ARE weakened by liberalism:
Nuclear families
Traditional Churches
Rotary Clubs
Elk Club
Lions Clubs
Universities
Christian colleges
NHRA
Political parties
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
FFA (Future Farmers of America)
Big Business
The DMV of every state
NRA
etc. etc.
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