How COVID Pushed a Generation of Young People to the Right
18th February 2025
The Atlantic, a Voice of the Crust.
Research suggests that pandemics are more likely to reduce rather than build trust in scientific and political authorities.
Perhaps because they bring home the fact that No One Is Coming To Save You. The establishment is eager to take your money and spend it on things they like, and eager to lie to you and pretend that they are acting for your benefit, but the ‘stress test’ of a pandemic or other natural disaster reveals pretty quickly what a scam and a grift it all is.