Biden’s cabinet picks so far have been hailed as “a return to diplomacy and process.” but nominating trustworthy people won’t be enough to lead America’s government out of its trust crisis, and may even make it worse. Much as with the focus on which leaders get vaccinated, we must focus instead on the trustworthiness of processes and institutions, rather than the trustworthiness of individuals.
Wow, this article completely ignores why there is a deficit of trust against certain segments of the government right now…if it wasn’t for Trump and Republicans attacking all of the functions of government that are integral to making us safe from COVID and creating the vaccine it wouldn’t be a real issue. The depths of the sabotage of our government will only get better when people see it functioning again, and even then the seeds of distrust sown among the most right wing of Americans will cause unending pains for our system for years to come.
That’s the real legacy of the Trump administration and Republicans, their attempt to tear down the government and make a segment of Americans ungovernable.
There might be a difference between “trust” and willingness to get the vaccine. I think that willingness to get the vaccine will increase in the coming months. Just in the past 10 days millions of people have received the first dose without much problem.
