Re:Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech
by gradientsrneat on Thursday January 30, 2025 @11:19AM
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"The good old days" is a worn trope, but there may be a point.
Women's employment and/or compensation in the United States peaked approximately two decades ago, and has since declined. Xi Jingping wasn't China's dictator yet, so China was a bit more free. Crimea hadn't been annexed yet, and Russians had much more access to the internet. The alt-right was still in its infancy. Brexit hadn't happened yet.
Hence, when a British think tank claims freedom is falling across the world, I'm inclined to believe it. And levels of authoritarianism are inversely correlated with trust.
On the flipside, a whole generation of people across many of the poorest parts of the world have experienced increases of standards of living due to globalization.
Women's employment and/or compensation in the United States peaked approximately two decades ago, and has since declined. Xi Jingping wasn't China's dictator yet, so China was a bit more free. Crimea hadn't been annexed yet, and Russians had much more access to the internet. The alt-right was still in its infancy. Brexit hadn't happened yet.
Hence, when a British think tank claims freedom is falling across the world, I'm inclined to believe it. And levels of authoritarianism are inversely correlated with trust.
On the flipside, a whole generation of people across many of the poorest parts of the world have experienced increases of standards of living due to globalization.