• @ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      63 months ago

      Governments are comprised of people. Like any other people they should be judged on their actions. Blanket statements about distrusting governments and politicians no matter what they actually do is no different than distrusting science and experts. It’s all part of how we got here.

      • @JChildermass@lemmy.ca
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        33 months ago

        Not only that, governments are comprised of people who are paid a fixed salary with no bonuses or incentives and strict conflict of interest rules whose literal only job is to work to make people’s lives collectively better.

        • @ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          12 months ago

          That’s how it should be. In the US, we need to outlaw insider trading for elected officials. This is a known issue, based on the evidence we have. There’s no reason to engage in any conspiracism at all.