Global data on which institutions the public trusts — transparency strongly predicts trust.
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I believe that institutions should earn trust through transparency, not demand it through authority. Unity cannot be commanded; it must be justified.
- Confidence
- High
- What could disprove it
- Show that secretive, unaccountable institutions maintain higher public trust than transparent ones.
- Current support
Opaque institutions breed conspiracy and cynicism.
Transparency allows errors to be corrected before they become catastrophes.
Sample: Pew Research — U.S. public trust in government fell from ~75% (1958) to ~20% (recent years), tracking perceived honesty and performance.
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Opaque, unaccountable institutions score poorly; corruption correlates with lower public welfare.
Long-run U.S. trend data on trust — useful when arguing institutions must earn confidence.
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