contrary to what abduhl wrote in his statement asking where the distrust comes from, I find myself thinking the exact opposite:
where does our inherent trust to government come from? When I work with you I have to prove that I'm trustworthy. That happens either through working together or by you looking at my track record on github, mailing lists or whatever else.
Yet, when it comes to government officials no such thing applies. We trust them based on the fact that they supposedly work for government and therefore are supposedly trustworthy. But their track record generally shows the exact opposite.
And yet when I come home in a perfectly safe, good area of London, if I want something from my neighbour, I have to wait for her to open her 10 locks and open a tiny bit of the door to hear her ask what I want from her.
The only reason I see that speaks for them is the appeal to authority. We trust them, because we trust that an authority that has more power than we do is more trustworthy than us and by extension anyone appointed by them is as well.
where does our inherent trust to government come from? When I work with you I have to prove that I'm trustworthy. That happens either through working together or by you looking at my track record on github, mailing lists or whatever else.
Yet, when it comes to government officials no such thing applies. We trust them based on the fact that they supposedly work for government and therefore are supposedly trustworthy. But their track record generally shows the exact opposite.
And yet when I come home in a perfectly safe, good area of London, if I want something from my neighbour, I have to wait for her to open her 10 locks and open a tiny bit of the door to hear her ask what I want from her.
The only reason I see that speaks for them is the appeal to authority. We trust them, because we trust that an authority that has more power than we do is more trustworthy than us and by extension anyone appointed by them is as well.