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    1. Jesse Walker‏ @notjessewalker 12 Nov 2020

      Jesse Walker Retweeted New York Times Opinion

      Reagan may have coopted Americans' distrust of government, but he is in no sense its origin point. At most, his sometimes anti-statist rhetoric may have amplified the current he was drawing on—and that's no less true of, say, Jimmy Carter or Jerry Brown.https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/1326912615201845254 …

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      "Sure, blame Donald Trump for his inept pandemic response. But blame Ronald Reagan for encouraging people to hate their own government, or to view an individual sacrifice for the common good as some kind of tyranny," writes @JennyBoylan. https://nyti.ms/38NT7gv 
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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 12 Nov 2020
      Replying to @notjessewalker

      It was the twin gut punch of Vietnam (especially after Pentagon Papers released) and Watergate which undermined faith in government, for good and ill.

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        2. Daniel W. Drezner‏Verified account @dandrezner 12 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @notjessewalker

          Not true. Remember that trust in government spiked after 9/11. Don’t sleep on how much the Second Gulf War, Katrina, and the 2008 financial crisis eroded trust.

          4 replies 2 retweets 20 likes
        3. suburban thee commando‏ @SlasherMoviePod 12 Nov 2020
          Replying to @dandrezner @HeerJeet @notjessewalker

          Ebb and flow? Will trust come back?

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        1. CB‏ @pabrocb 12 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @notjessewalker

          It's age related. JFK was shot when I was in 8th grade, I graduated from high school in 1968. I was done.

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        2. xpostfactoid‏ @xpostfactoid 12 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @notjessewalker

          A lot may also stem from perception that benefits and rights expanded in 60s were for minorities.

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        3. Christian‏ @cdw870 12 Nov 2020
          Replying to @xpostfactoid @HeerJeet @notjessewalker

          I think this is crucial to explaining the decline of confidence in government. A three-part punch - Vietnam - Watergate - Federal civil rights legislation and welfare expansions perceived as targeting minorities Almost every segment of society felt betrayed by at least one

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        1. Q Lareau‏ @qlareau 12 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @notjessewalker

          For a particular generation. We have a Jeffersonian foundation, “state’s rights” & federal distrust from the Civil War and Reconstruction, Hoover’s rugged individualism, McCarthyism, & Goldwater’s conservatism as well. I’d add NSA spying/Snowden/WikiLeaks for younger gens too

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        1. T.S.R. Gallagher‏ @tleeves 12 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @notjessewalker

          That is how I remember it. The day Kennedy was shot, America lost her innocence. Johnson told us he wouldn't "bomb VN back to the stone age" like Goldwater. But he sure gave it a try, and we started to doubt. Then Nixon came and pulled the rug out. Presidents betrayed our trust.

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        1. Brian Welsch. BLM!  ☮️‏ @BrianTWelsch 12 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @notjessewalker

          In other words: the behavior of the government (re: ‘Nam, W’gate, Iraq II, Katrina) led to mistrust in government. Often failures of leaders’ character.

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        1. Lucy Steigerwald‏ @LucyStag 12 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @notjessewalker

          Thank you for a sane response.

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