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by ttoinou 2864 days ago

  Good intentions do result in success
Then all it needs is people believing it will work so it can work, like magic ! Or Universal Basic Income

  Therefore trust in government 
How citizen trust in government and government employees having good intentions are related ?
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I missed a "not" on the first quote there.

I believe they are related because it is harder for people to develop trust in government if the good intentions of government workers and the governmental system in general is not apparent.

Conversely it is difficult to have a large pool of well intentioned potential governmental employees if a large portion of citizens have been brought up to think that the government is evil. These citizens are much more likely to try to exploit government positions than to treat them with the responsibility for the people that they require.