From the slide deck (which is well worth a read IMO), "The Trust Index is the average percent trust in NGOs, business, government and media. ". The same deck indicates that government is seen as, “as Far Less Competent and Ethical than Business.” So what this really tells me is that business (as a whole) is doing a FAR better job of marketing/PR than governments are, which is to be expected I suppose.
Interesting that countries where it’s dangerous to speak out against government institutions show the citizens answering the survey by saying what those those same institutions would want them to say.
Idk about you but as a Canadian in the US I feel like it’s dangerous to speak out against the US-backed genocide in Gaza.
GOP Presidential Candidates Threaten to Revoke Visas From Pro-Palestine Students
In a two-party system when one party will seek to deport me for speaking out, it’s not exactly the bastion of free speech you make it out to be.
it’s not exactly the bastion of free speech you make it out to be.
I’ve never claimed the US was a bastion of any sort of freedom, despite the Americans repeating Fransis Scott Key’s assertion a couple of times a day.
