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by wutbrodo 4106 days ago
I wasn't aware there was really anyone in #2. I also don't think "Trust X" is an atomic unit that you can permute over (i.e. there are significant further divisions). I'm rather liberal by the standards of the average American when it comes to the role of gov't in the economy (mostly because I have an actual education in economics), and yet for things like government surveillance, I'm as opposed as they come. Those two things are conflated in "Trust BigGov".

I'm aware you were simplifying a little, but I think that's more than an insignificant divide.
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thesteamboat 4104 days ago
To my mind, the reason that #2 has any merit is that governments claim (at least in liberal democracies) to be beholden to you while corporations are not. The government is accountable to you in ways that companies are not.

In theory at least. I end up much closer to #4 since I'm not convinced that the government-people feedback loop works correctly, but I can imagine circumstances in which I might be #2.

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te_chris 4106 days ago
I think these qualifiers could make more sense if we substitute 'trust' for 'believe in'.
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