06-13-2018, 09:18 AM
(06-11-2018, 10:59 AM)beechnut79 Wrote: I would tend to say that the Watergate scandal was the event that ushered in the "don't trust the government" mood.
I think that Watergate certainly solidified it, but it was there already. The release of the Pentagon Papers is a better marker, because it exposed just how badly the government lied about things that directly affected people's lives. When the government at its highest levels sends young men to die in a war they already know is unwinnable, that hit home.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.