Brexit’s Lasting Damage Is Looking Inescapable - eviltoast
  • Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    I think it needs to be more than that. Citizens absolutely cannot trust politicians any longer. 100% across the board full stop. If they tell you one thing you initial reaction should be massive skepticism. And then you go from there.

    • taladar@feddit.de
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      8 months ago

      If you think you could ever trust anyone else outside maybe you closest friends and family to act in your best interest you are naive.

      On the other hand if you think that all politicians are equally untrustworthy you are even more naive.

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        8 months ago

        I disagree 100% but it’s just my opinion. The world of politics, at least in the US, needs to earn back trust at this point. Are there good politicians? Of course. Can you readily identify them? Probably not easily. Are they making a significant impact at this moment? Almost impossible to tell given the state of journalism. So what should average citizen do to combat this? At worst trust but verify. At best, question everything.

        99% of what i hear and read, directly from politicians state sanctioned websites (official .gov page) is platitudes. Gonna fix everything? Great, please tell me how abd be really fuckin specific.

      • Omniraptor@lemm.ee
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        8 months ago

        For Europe? 1940s-60s while bretton woods held and the US had a trade surplus it was offloading into Europe.

      • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        I can assure you that’s not the case. I neither upvoted or down voted the comment but I am certainly the problem. So be more careful to where you point your fuck yous.