Americans are more skeptical of government information than they were a few years ago, with majorities now saying they have little or no trust in federal government information about elections and politics, foreign affairs or the environment, a new poll finds.
The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and USA Facts shows that while mistrust of government information has grown since 2024, it’s also higher than it was at the end of President Donald Trump’s first term, underscoring how his recent attempts to dismantle parts of the federal bureaucracy may have affected public confidence in the executive branch, particularly among Democrats.
And that apathy and exhaustion would be the problem, if they existed in a vacuum. Like if people believed these agencies were inept or actually out to harm us, but they were not.
However, it’s true. The government, as it stands now, is actively out to harm its citizens, and is completely incapable of standing up to and defeating the rot as it consumes us all. This is no surprise as it’s exactly what the government was set up to do originally, all that has changed is that now the in-group is smaller than the majority of the voting populace.
Looking at your necrotic right arm, and deciding the feather someone gave you is an insufficient tool to save you, is not apathy. My faith in public institutions is not what destroyed them. A successful attack by the wealthiest was.