It's low institutional trust, and the credulous are both more susceptible to the intentional creation of such distrust by malign actors as well as to allowing the vacuum of idea space created by such distrust to be filled by, unavoidably, less credible sources. Absent acceptance of institutional authority, other sources of apparent legit…
It's low institutional trust, and the credulous are both more susceptible to the intentional creation of such distrust by malign actors as well as to allowing the vacuum of idea space created by such distrust to be filled by, unavoidably, less credible sources. Absent acceptance of institutional authority, other sources of apparent legitimacy, such as group affinity, take a larger share in filling the space.
I would again say that imo it's not really a lack of institutional trust; they fully trust institutions (and certainly enjoy flexing institutional power) just as long as people they trust are running them.
I always thought of "institutional trust" as "belief that an institution can do what it's supposed to do", and that one can have low trust in an institution even if someone they have high regard for is in control of it. But I see MAGA not really doing that. They seem to believe the institutions they control are capable of achieving what they want to achieve.
It's low institutional trust, and the credulous are both more susceptible to the intentional creation of such distrust by malign actors as well as to allowing the vacuum of idea space created by such distrust to be filled by, unavoidably, less credible sources. Absent acceptance of institutional authority, other sources of apparent legitimacy, such as group affinity, take a larger share in filling the space.
I would again say that imo it's not really a lack of institutional trust; they fully trust institutions (and certainly enjoy flexing institutional power) just as long as people they trust are running them.
Thats the opposite of institutional trust, actually.
Do you trust the Suoreme Court?
I always thought of "institutional trust" as "belief that an institution can do what it's supposed to do", and that one can have low trust in an institution even if someone they have high regard for is in control of it. But I see MAGA not really doing that. They seem to believe the institutions they control are capable of achieving what they want to achieve.