Who distrusts government more, Democrats or Republicans?

The answer might just surprise you, according to a Pew poll overall Democrats are more distrusting of government than are Republicans.

Doesn't that make Democrats the *real* conservatives?

http://people-press.org/report/?pageid=1698

Democrats distrust govt for what it can do TO people.

Republicans want government to do for the wealthy and powerful and to the poor and powerless.

Democrats want government to do for the poor and powerless and to the wealthy and powerful.

Speaking here of the rank and file, the elite of both parties basically want to act more like the Republicans.

Authoritarian Personality Disorder

See:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2810561&mesg_id=2810665

And:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3329930&mesg_id=3330115

Only when it's *their* powerful authority figure..

disgusting authoritative figures, with hubris as middle name always. :puke:

More than I would have thought two or three years ago, but then every time I get blindsided it's from being insufficiently cynical.

I think you're fooling yourself if you believe otherwise.

* Burma (Myanmar) - since the 1962 Burmese coup d'état resulted in Ne Win seizing power; currently the Tatmadaw (armed forces) still lead under the auspices of the State Peace and Development Council; the country was also briefly led by the military from 1958 to 1960.
* Fiji - since the 2006 Fijian coup d'état; see also 1987 Fijian coups d'état and 2000 Fijian coup d'état.
* Guinea - since the 2008 Guinean coup d'état resulting in Moussa Dadis Camara seizing power.
* Libya - since the 1969 Libyan coup d'état resulting in Muammar al-Gaddafi seizing power.
* Niger - since the 2010 Nigerien coup d'état.
* North Korea - Defacto 1948, National Defence Commission of North Korea (proclaimed highest authority in 1998)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_dictatorship#Current_cases

Let me know how that works out for you.

If they still let you access DU from there.

I'm personally one of the most distrustful of government types you're likely to run across.

But keep in mind that 26% of Dems trusted GW Bush, I was not one of them.

Not exactly a "weak sister" either, nor was Truman for that matter.

And even Jimmy Carter was a submarine XO and qualified to be a captain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Torpedo_Boat_PT-109

Democrats have been pretty consistent in not trusting the government since Nixon, regardless of who is in charge -- a little bit more during democratic administrations, a little bit less during republican administrations, but always between 26 and 34 percent. But Republicans swing wildly back and forth depending on who is in the white house.

More Republicans trusted Kennedy/Johnson than have ever trusted any Republican president since..

republicans are only troubled by those systemic problems when someone they don't trust is in power. When you can use the government to oppress your enemies it's okay, but when your enemy can use the government to oppress you, that's a problem. I guess it's not surprising that republicans would see it that way.




"More Republicans trusted Kennedy/Johnson than have ever trusted any Republican president since.."

I know! That number was a bit mind-blowing :wow:

it shows a deeply crazy manichean view of the world among that hard core segment of the population who continue to identify as republicans. compare it to the drop in dem trust when bush was elected.

There was a thread there that ran for at least a year talking about how conservatism = mental illness, I took it as a joke at the time but I'm now starting to seriously consider the possibility.

NAFTA and shit-like-that drove us right the fuck OUT of the party?

Hmmm?

:freak:

I know what you mean, there doesn't seem to be anywhere for a lot of us to go politically.