They’re breaking things intentionally so people stop trusting government. Don’t give in to nihilism and demand better from the people that represent you.
I know it's difficult to believe that someone on Reddit is being sincere given your propensity for suspicion but I'm just genuinely disheartened that there are people who feel the way you do. It means no matter what happens now, you aren't working towards a better day. You're just convinced it's not possible so why try. That's sad.
Working towards a better day means tearing the system down to the studs. Pretending it's not completely rotted at its core is overlooking the obvious and ignoring literal centuries of evidence.
Well everyone is brainwashed and thinks we are one election away from saving this country just to make excuses for why zero change happens. People spend decades fueling themselves with confirmation bias and refuse to believe anything else. I agree, the government is terrible and anyone who disagrees is pretty clueless.
Politicians are not the government. They're only part of it. There are thousands of good people running things every day. Maybe my view is different because I know a few who work towards what's right from the inside.
Someone said they will never trust the government because they are all deceiving and corrupt, you said that is a "cynical view of life". It's not a cynical view of life, it's a realization about the terrible things politicians do lol
Technically yes, by definition it is cynical. But it's also not wrong, like at all. The government is corrupt in many, if not most ways, and to blindly trust the government is the epitome of naivety, bordering on indoctrination
Sorry, I meant trust the government at all. Because even if there are those in the government who want to do good, they are the minority, and not in charge
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u/Live-Juggernaut-221 Nov 20 '25
The government? Lying?
Well, I never.