Ray Dalio - Shocking Survey Results on Trust in the System
Hello, this is Munou (Incompetent).
I've been drinking out a lot lately, so when I drank at home for the first time in a while, I got terribly drunk, vomited repeatedly, and had a hellish day. My way of getting carried away is abnormal; I'm just an idiot.
Amidst all that, Ray Dalio of Bridgewater posted a rather interesting blog article, so I'd like to share it.
Shocking Survey Results re: the State of Trust in the System
Shocking Survey Results on Trust in the System
In a recent article, I explored the decline of truth, trust, and law in the United States and asked five questions to gauge readers' thoughts. We received over 43,000 responses. The results are as follows:
Q1: Do you trust most politicians in government to make fair judgments regarding other politicians and non-politicians?
No: 89% Difficult to judge: 8% Yes: 3%
Q2: Do you think most Americans trust most politicians to make fair judgments regarding other politicians and non-political people?
No: 86% Difficult to judge: 10% Yes: 4%
Q3: What do you think about the media? Do you think most of the media provides accurate information?
No: 83% Difficult to judge: 8% Yes: 9%
Q4: Do you think most Americans believe that most of the media provides accurate information?
No: 80% Difficult to judge: 9% Yes: 11%
Q5: How do you think the legal system is functioning? Do you think it is fair?
No: 65% Difficult to judge: 20% Yes: 15%
These survey results, and many others, clearly indicate a dangerously low level of trust and confidence in politicians, government representatives, the media, and the law. This situation is ominous, and while I don't like it being ominous, I am pleased that being able to agree on what it is can lead to actions to fix it.
This is an ominous situation because these conditions are typical symptoms of the fifth stage of the internal order and disorder cycle, which is usually just before the sixth stage where large internal conflicts, typically a kind of civil war, occur. This is because most people tend to follow rules and laws rather than fight for what they want when they believe that those overseeing the system are good and fair. Without these beliefs, they are inclined to seek what they want and believe. When that happens, terrible struggles arise, and order is lost. Since we recognize how low trust in the system has become and how much the behavior of certain individuals has deteriorated, we can imagine what it might lead to. Perhaps we will take action to improve the situation, such as demanding truth and objectivity from politically elected officials and the media, and reaffirming our belief in the legal system.
The source of this survey itself is limited to "subscribers of Ray Dalio's blog posts in the US," totaling 43,000 people, so it's debatable whether it should be referenced. However, in terms of the quality of the people surveyed, it might be considered a relatively high-caliber survey result.
Roughly speaking, these are likely people interested in macroeconomics, so the answers seem quite alarming. The content itself is too abstract to pinpoint exactly where and why they feel this way, but it feels possible to deduce the reasons from these results.
Given that a certain percentage of people answered this way in the survey, I believe there are individuals expressing these opinions through various media, so it might be worth investigating further on your own.
Furthermore, these survey results are by no means someone else's problem; they might apply to our own country, and other countries might have similar situations.
How did you feel about it?
Until next time. Everyone, please be careful with alcohol. I've finally recovered.