[quantified]

West is closer. You’re not 100% wrong. But “ Here in the U.S. people inherently trust the media and the government as being the arbitrators of truth and righteousness” has not been true for quite a long time. I was stunned that anyone believed Colin Powell’s obvious b.s., now with Colin Powell and Mike Pompeo the crap about West Point being related to “honor” is clearly visible as crap too. If you are a Trumpian you trust Q more than MSM, if you are a Bidenite you trust your CNN more than Fox.

[kimchidude]

Yeah, I was going to make a similar response. Like you pointed out, if anything 'trust in the media and government' has eroded so much its fallen into complete absurdity. Of course skepticism should always be exercised when consuming anything --media, politicians, etc-- but how the eff phenomena like 'Q', Sandy Hook deniers, 'stop the steal' (etc etc) could possibly gain traction as movements suggests parts of society are so preemptively distrustful they're actually losing grip on reality.