Governments around the world have been able to inflict harm on their own people, and on people in foreign lands, because a large percentage of the population have trusted them.
That trust is fading.
The Medical-Pharmaceutical industry has been able to inflict harm on millions of people around the world because the majority of people have trusted them.
That trust is fading.
The government-controlled schools have been able to inflict harm on children via indoctrination of subversive ideas because the majority of parents have trusted them.
That trust is fading.
The corporate media has been able to inflict harm on the populace via false propaganda and the lie through omission (not telling the real news) because the majority of people have trusted them.
That trust is fading.
In order for a person to engage in critical thinking, they must be willing and able to set trust aside, and look at facts. The primary reason they have not been willing to engage in critical thinking and discuss facts is their blind trust in institutions that are run by individuals who are often engaged in a secret and subversive agenda.
Ridding the world of trust in false idols, and those who are not trustworthy, is the primary goal of the Great Awakening.
My trust has DISAPPEARED
"In order for a person to engage in critical thinking, they must be willing and able to set trust aside, and look at facts."
In my world, trust is withheld until someone proves themselves trustworthy, and at this point in my life they only get one chance because, in my experience, when they blow it the first time, they blow it a second time.
My point: Ideally trust isn't something that should be set aside, but rather withheld until the other has demonstrated the ability to respect you and engender your trust. However, that's often easier said than done, especially because we're taught from a young age to take another's word for something, such as in our educational system. So, if trust has been unwisely given to one who isn't worthy of it, then yes, it has to be set aside and the situation reconsidered with objectivity and critical thinking.
EDIT: Forgot to say great post and thank you.
We agree: Trust should be earned, not assumed (and especially, not demanded).
Maybe "set aside" is not the best way to state it, but we agree that blind trust is bad.
I do believe 'set aside' is accurate when trust has been unwisely given, as is the case for so many regarding the government and the media. 'Set aside' applies because once trust is given, one has to first let go of that trust/belief in another so that one is able to critically and objectively view the situation for the truth of how and why one so readily trusted someone who had no right to it.
I was just attempting to clarify that if one withholds trust until another has earned it (the preferred method IMO), one has nothing to set aside.
Amen Anon! Amen and God bless you.
[NOTE: Imagine the voice of Neo and Morpheus having a conversation]
"I think everyone should be vaccinated against Covid!"
Why do you believe that?
"Because ... science!"
Who told you that?
"All the experts!"
Why do you believe the experts?
"Because they are experts, duh! They know more than me, and they know more than you! So, shut up you racist!"
No, that is not the reason you believe the experts. You believe and trust the experts ... because from the time you were a child ... you were told to believe and trust the experts. You grew up, never questioning the experts.
But there was something you were not told as a child. What you were not told ... is that some of the experts ... are not really experts ... and some do not have your best interests in mind. Some of those experts ... want to harm you. They use your childlike innocence to deceive you ... they use your innocence ... and your lack of knowledge ... against you ... to control you.
As a child, you were set up to believe and trust the experts. But you were never told the other side of the story. You were never told that some of the experts are not worthy of your trust. So, you grew up trusting the experts, without questioning the experts, because you were told to do so. And your parents were told to do so before you. And their parents before them.
But now that you are an adult, you have the ability to learn ... that the experts often do not tell you the truth. Some of them don't really know what they are talking about. Some of them lie to you on purpose.
Are you ready to become an adult now, or do you want to remain with the beliefs of a child? You can take the red pill, and gain the knowledge of an adult. Or, you can take the blue pill, and go back, sit in the lap of Santa Claus, and remain a child.
It is your choice. But you must make a choice. There are no other options.
To not trust authority is so frightening. It's that fear which is holding normies back.
They have to throw socialism out of the window because it relies on trust in authority and centralisation.
They have to know that they have been supporting the wrong guys.
They have to understand that there is real evil intent and that it craves power.
So much to take on board.
But you have to!
Trust left the building a LONG time ago and took a 90 degree LEFT turn!!!