I think it’s a good thing if people trust the government less and less, all this conspiracy stuff just means that people have access to other information. I’ll end up dying alone in a run-down hostel at the rate things are going, I have no interest in defending the government here in New Zealand after everything they’ve done to spread poverty. I don’t care what the official narrative is. I may be aware of it, but I don’t actively follow it.
I think it’s a good thing if people trust the government less and less, all this conspiracy stuff just means that people have access to other information.
while i have no qualms whatsoever with people distrusting the government–governments are in my mind pretty much all amoral institutions–i would strongly push back against the idea that the “other information” most people would be accessing here is of a better or more reliable quality or something we should feel good about. actually i think a lot of it is quite dangerous, and a source of radicalization in a bad way for people. most conspiracy-heavy websites don’t seem to make people more critical of their governments, it just makes them more crankish and willing to accept authoritarianism.
That’s true and I’m aware of it. If we had an authoritarian leader who would build houses then I’d be all for it, but more likely we’ll get some out-of-touch boomer who brings in a racial agenda and other crap, while not fixing the daily problems that people like me face.
I think it’s a good thing if people trust the government less and less, all this conspiracy stuff just means that people have access to other information. I’ll end up dying alone in a run-down hostel at the rate things are going, I have no interest in defending the government here in New Zealand after everything they’ve done to spread poverty. I don’t care what the official narrative is. I may be aware of it, but I don’t actively follow it.
while i have no qualms whatsoever with people distrusting the government–governments are in my mind pretty much all amoral institutions–i would strongly push back against the idea that the “other information” most people would be accessing here is of a better or more reliable quality or something we should feel good about. actually i think a lot of it is quite dangerous, and a source of radicalization in a bad way for people. most conspiracy-heavy websites don’t seem to make people more critical of their governments, it just makes them more crankish and willing to accept authoritarianism.
That’s true and I’m aware of it. If we had an authoritarian leader who would build houses then I’d be all for it, but more likely we’ll get some out-of-touch boomer who brings in a racial agenda and other crap, while not fixing the daily problems that people like me face.
Does that include Arden’s government? I heard they were quite progressive