Will a civilized society even exist?
Wretchard had a great piece on Tears in Heaven today. He writes about Tingles Matthews demanding that Jack Welch "prove" that BLS lied about recent unemployment data. He goes on to say:
"A society with ample legitimacy doesn’t ask those questions. The official statistics are almost universally believed. People take what they read in the newspapers to be fact. They follow the orders of law enforcement officers by long habit. They would no more doubt the solemn pronouncements of high officials like the Secretary of State than their own eyes.
Legitimacy means trust."
Well, that's the problem these days. I don't trust this government or the media anymore. Sooner or later the majority of americans start thinking that everything has the legitimacy of the Detroit Police or lil bitch Snoop Dog. Then what? Will a civilized society even exist?
"A society with ample legitimacy doesn’t ask those questions. The official statistics are almost universally believed. People take what they read in the newspapers to be fact. They follow the orders of law enforcement officers by long habit. They would no more doubt the solemn pronouncements of high officials like the Secretary of State than their own eyes.
Legitimacy means trust."
Well, that's the problem these days. I don't trust this government or the media anymore. Sooner or later the majority of americans start thinking that everything has the legitimacy of the Detroit Police or lil bitch Snoop Dog. Then what? Will a civilized society even exist?
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