Restoring Democracy

Sometime in late June, an American acquaintance asked how one (re)creates trust in government. My reply was:

Be honest. Be open. Do not manipulate the data. Do not pack the cabinet and the rest of the bureaucracy with friends whose primary qualification for the job seems to be their friendship with and loyalty to the person who appoints them. Admit that the government is “only human” and makes mistakes. But it is also more than human in that it is working not for its own benefit (much less the benefit of this or that government official, including his/her friends) but for everyone’s benefit.

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Specifically: restore progressive taxation, make unredacted information available, get big money out of politics (e.g., by outlawing all organizational donations), have officials meet with the public more (including streamed meetings with small groups), ensure voting is an easy process open to all, trust the people, recognize that “the people” are not “the enemy,” and more. Essentially, the stance should be “I’m part of the community. I’m a neighbor.”

Trust cannot be decreed. It has to be built. And building trust has to be a long-term process by, for, and of “we the people.”

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