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https://curtandtheotherguy.com Who is the Other Guy? It's You! Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:58:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 194340367 https://curtandtheotherguy.com/do-americans-trust-authority/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-americans-trust-authority https://curtandtheotherguy.com/do-americans-trust-authority/#respond Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:58:55 +0000 https://curtandtheotherguy.com/?p=372 Continue reading Do Americans Trust Authority?]]> The Covid-19 virus has exposed very clearly one of our great national problems: Americans do not trust their institutions any longer. We don’t trust Congress; we don’t trust the bureaucracies; we don’t trust the educational system; we don’t trust the MSM; we don’t trust the Church; we don’t trust the economic system; we don’t trust the electoral system; we don’t trust the opposition political party—you get the point.
The question is why. Why don’t we trust these institutions? It’s really quite simple: These institutions have violated our trust too many times.
We’ve seen politicians lie time and again; we’ve watched bureaucrats change their stories, color their stories, and refuse to admit when they are wrong or just plain don’t know; we’ve seen teachers and administrators move from educating to indoctrinating; we’ve watched as the MSM has become unapologetically partisan and refuse to investigate and question “their team members”; we’ve seen Church and Religious leaders cover up for abuse and teach doctrines that are openly contradictory to their Sacred Books; we watch as the government issues tax breaks, bailouts, “loans,” and actual handouts to corporations and millionaires; we’ve watched as BOTH parties claim that the duly-elected President is “not my President”; and I don’t really need to describe slimy politicians.
Now all of this explains “vaccine hesitancy,” and trying to FORCE people to do something that they don’t trust just doesn’t make sense.
What is the answer? US—we are the answer. We have to do the right thing; we have to follow the golden rule; we have to hold our leaders accountable.
Feel free to comment. Have a great day!

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