Nationally, elections and the media play central roles. Electoral politics and news media need to be open, accountable, and free from the corrupting influence of money. We need public financing of elections. Publicly financed journalism is also desirable. Either that, or people will have to step up and donate time and money to journalism. (But then wouldn't the most richly endowed journalism still prevail?)
Who should we trust? Well, the cynical answer is: nobody and nothing, because we need to hold everybody accountable. The idealistic answer is: everybody and everything tentatively, because we should endeavor to build institutions and structures -- at various scales -- that, while giving people a chance to prove that they're trustworthy, reward people for working together for the common good.
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Who should we trust? Well, the cynical answer is: nobody and nothing, because we need to hold everybody accountable. The idealistic answer is: everybody and everything tentatively, because we should endeavor to build institutions and structures -- at various scales -- that, while giving people a chance to prove that they're trustworthy, reward people for working together for the common good.
(Fractal images from this wikipedia article on Self-similarity.)
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