Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocracies
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Re: Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocracies
#2It looks like a tautology to me. Like: "Corruption erodes social trust in places where social trust exist and is key for the political system."
Re: Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocracies
#3Well obviously.
Re: Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocracies
#4What you're saying is that with the shift to autocracy, all these trust problems will become manageable?
Re: Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocracies
#5So following this through, does it mean that autocracy is the preferred government for a country that sleepwalked past the tipping point where corruption is entrenched because the institutions that could uproot it are themselves deeply corrupt?
Re: Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocracies
#6This does sort of feel like the kind of thing I might think and wonder about and then do a lot of work doing a study and some research and writing up an article and in the end everyone says "yeah, no duh!"
Re: Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocracies
#7What you're saying is that with the shift to autocracy, all these trust problems will become manageable?
once you know the way to solve problems is to pay off the people with power you start to trust people again, because things are working the way you were told they would.
Re: Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocracies
#8It looks like a tautology to me. Like: "Corruption erodes social trust in places where social trust exist and is key for the political system."
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Re: Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocracies
#9So following this through, does it mean that autocracy is the preferred government for a country that sleepwalked past the tipping point where corruption is entrenched because the institutions that could uproot it are themselves deeply corrupt?
No, it just means that in autocracy everyone assumes institutions are corrupt, so no trust is broken. If you don't have trust, it cant be broken.
Re: Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocracies
#10What you're saying is that with the shift to autocracy, all these trust problems will become manageable?
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