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Re:Declining trust in government is denting democracy (2017) by tomjen3 on Saturday June 19, 2021 @05:26PM (#27564599)
I don't disagree with you that the government is not trustworthy, but it is possible to both perceive it as not trustworthy and have it actually be trustworthy (if not flawless) and have it be totally horrible, but appear totally trustworthy.

We should probably try to find the real measure - preferably one that isn't based on recency bias, because the news will always print the worst they can get[0].

[0]: It is important to face the discrimination African Americans feel, and deal with the US police problems, but I have no doubt those problems are a lot smaller today than they were in 1970.

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Re:Declining trust in government is denting democracy (2017) by chii on Saturday June 19, 2021 @10:55PM (#27566706)
> find the real measure

why not outcomes based? After all, good outcomes are what people want. Directly measuring outcome, rather than indirect methods like "trustworthiness" means those should improve.

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