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Trust in government is not a major working factor in modern society

Trust in government is not a major working factor in modern society

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Sep 20, 20261 min read

Trust in government is not a major working factor in modern society

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  • Distrust of government is easier to ground rationally than trust (similarity 0.90)
  • Government being trustworthy matters more than the public trusting it. (similarity 0.87)
  • Cohesion and trust check government power, not merely establish social order (similarity 0.87)
  • Ungrounded faith in government benefits the powerful, not the faithful (similarity 0.83)
  • Faith in God and faith in government substitute for each other (similarity 0.83)
  • Trust is not the master distinction characterizing modern society. (similarity 0.83)
  • Trust in government is really quasi-trust or confidence, not trust (similarity 0.83)
  • Trust in rulers is a realistic assessment of irreversibility, not psychic compulsion (similarity 0.83)
  • Trust is merely evidence-based expectation while trustworthiness is motivational (similarity 0.83)
  • Governments cannot satisfy the encapsulated-interest account of trust. (similarity 0.82)
  • Trusting values depend crucially on the information each party holds (similarity 0.82)
  • Citizens cannot trust government because they lack knowledge of its trustworthiness (similarity 0.82)
  • Participation in functional systems requires confidence rather than personal trust (similarity 0.82)
  • Treating trust as central to politics does not require naive credulity (similarity 0.82)
  • Trust necessarily stays moored in expectations and interests (similarity 0.81)

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  • Trust in government is not a major working factor in modern society
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  • Cohesion and trust check government power, not merely establish social order
  • Cooperation is broader than trust and mostly grounded in institutions, not trust.
  • Declining trust in government stems from increased knowledge, not worsened performance
  • Distrust of government is easier to ground rationally than trust
  • Faith in God and faith in government substitute for each other
  • Liberalism shifts expectations from confidence to trust but neglects the confidence that participation requires
  • Most accepted knowledge rests on trust in sources, not verification.
  • Political patronage threatened to erode civil service stability and guarantees
  • Revolutionary regimes attract blind faith, not grounded trust
  • Trust in government is trust in capacity, unlike interpersonal trust
  • Trust in rulers is a realistic assessment of irreversibility, not psychic compulsion
  • Ungrounded faith in government benefits the powerful, not the faithful