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I am also interested in this pheom. Our collective distrust in government..
In the feudal days, people trusted the government (the lord, lady or collective crown) because there was a symbiosis between them. The leader of the people was responsible for defending them, and for looking out for the collective whole. In return, the people worked for that goal. The strengths of the Scottish clans is a good example.. The republic in its original form was the people representing themselves. The government was seperate in the fact that every person did not voice thier opinions, but rather they elected a senator to do so.. The people became the government...
Now with modern democracy the people are no longer represented.. Instead "issues" are represented. (either in the form of special interests or party dogma). The people have become so seperate from the government that alot dont understand it let alone trust it...
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"Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?"
-- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
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