Yeah, I really have no time for elites that complain about the public's loss of confidence. They want to blame conspiracy theorists for this and "fake news" but really the media and "establishment" absolutely destroyed their credibility over the past few years. Anyone who paid attention during the last 3 years and didn't see at least some deception on the part of media and government is hopeless. There are different levels of skepticism but institutions in not only government but also medicine lied to the masses. They may tell themselves they did it for the right reasons but one day when an even worse situation comes along people will not listen. And maybe when that happens they should listen. Its the old boy that cried wolf. You can only yell that everything is a world ending catastrophe so many times before it loses its weight.

I remember being surprised at how little changed after Snowden's revelations. It taught me something. Most people just do not care. They just want to carry on believing their fantasy. Trusting in institutions. It seems the response to Covid changed that for many. In my view, the elites let the mask slip a bit to much. At a minimum a lot of evil people know how much nonsense they can get away with now.

Exactly. Nobody knows what's to come the second Bukele steps down or is removed from office. People upping and moving to El Salvador are in for a world of hurt when this realization kicks in.