I really have trouble following your train of thought. All I said was that I don't trust people I don't know personally. Why do you have a problem with that?

They want to avoid an uprising. Oh my god, exactly what I said! People in power can stay in power much easier with a solid economy. That's just a fact. Nobody wants a global pandemic that fucks their economy.

Policy experts are people who are experts in a specific topic and advise politicians about how best to achieve their goals on the topic. So if I were a legislature and I wanted to know about how best to address a shortage of healthcare professionals I would consult a policy expert. They are likely to understand the situation and how different policies might impact it and would help me craft legislation.

because it's a lie. You do trust people you don't personally know. You literally told me just today that you rely on others to educate you on this forum.

So stop being dishonest and just hop back on your main account.

But wanting to avert an uprising is not the same as people in power caring about us. But anyway.

I never said they care about us. I said they care about the economy.

So do you shop at the grocery store? Do you drink the water coming out of your tap? Do you walk around in public with strangers driving their cars on the road? You make decisions every day that put your trust in the system and the people around you that you don't know.

covid was manipulated by the media to be worse then it actually was...


and it worked great...


they fooled all the dem's and some of the repub's

a ton of clowns got shots that they didnt need...


and in 10 years when they have a tail i will



This post was edited by Defendor on Apr 14 2022 04:45pm

It's like I said, I acknowledge that it's almost impossible to not trust someone. But I do my best. And I try my best to only trust people I know personally. And on the rare occasions that I do trust someone I don't know personally, I am always open to the idea of them not being trustworthy.



No. Learning from dialogues with others is not the same as relying on them to educate me.



I don't know why you got so offended.

I realize that. And I also acknowledge that it's pretty much impossible to not trust people. But my main point is that people should be open to the possibility of others not being trustworthy, and don't be quick to shoot down someone who alleges that a public figure is untrustworthy.

And people who care only about the economy but not the welfare of the general public is not someone I want to trust.