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> more conservative and trusting of the government Don't American conservatives tend to distrust gov in general? Or is it more like nonprofessional + conserva
by LimpWristed 11y ago
> more conservative and trusting of the government
Don't American conservatives tend to distrust gov in general? Or is it more like nonprofessional + conservative = distrusting of gov?
- shoo 11y agoI am not sure. That said, it does seem that people from the US place an unusually large degree of trust in business, and less trust in government [1]. I have read that there has been a great deal of money spent in the US on pro-business propaganda over the last century [2], so perhaps results like these are not so surprising! [1] See the graph in this Forbes article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2015/02/05/americans-trust-business-more-than-government-infographic/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2015/02/05/america... [2] This is discussed at length in the book "Collision Course" by Kerryn Higgs. See: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/collision-course https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/collision-course