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https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/11/doug-casey/collapse-of-trust-in-american-institutions/

Collapse of Trust in American Institutions

By Doug Casey

International Man

International Man: According to a recent Gallup poll, the American people’s confidence in their leaders and most important institutions has collapsed to the lowest figure ever recorded.

Americans have never been more distrustful of the federal government, big business, the media, the education system, science institutions, the medical establishment, big tech companies, and law enforcement.

What is your take?

Doug Casey: The distrust is well deserved. Of course, if you want to see a real collapse of confidence in institutions—and the institutions themselves—we might look at Haiti. This is what happens when a society is on the ragged edge of a revolution, a civil war, or a societal collapse.

Traditions, common ethical standards, and civil institutions are what make a society livable. When they disintegrate, you’re looking at chaos. It can happen anywhere. Civilization is a relatively thin veneer in a Hobbesian world. In the US, it’s happening because the society’s institutions have been captured by Woke, collectivist, busybody, and Statist philosophies. ......