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A third of Americans don't trust the gov't report on the "North Dakota Crash." What say you?

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They are correct to distrust the government
The government has no reason to lie about it
There is no "North Dakota Crash" that I'm aware of
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This is about a 2016 survey conducted by Chapman University:

In Chapman University's latest Survey on American Fears, pollsters asked about 10 alleged cover-ups. In the most striking result, 25 percent of the respondents agreed—and another 7.5 percent strongly agreed—that the "government is concealing what they [sic] know about the North Dakota Crash."

What's striking about that? Just that the pollsters had never actually heard any conspiracy theories about a "North Dakota Crash"; they threw that in to see how people would respond to a vaguely ominous-sounding episode that they invented.

That's right, there is no "North Dakota Crash" nor government report about it. But the knee-jerk response of 1/3 of Americans is that the government isn't being forthcoming. What does that say about us??
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Riverman2 · 61-69, M
We are so used to being lied to it's like Pavlovs dogs.
@Riverman2 Fair enough. But if you look objectively, a source like Qanon has a MUCH higher lie rate than the US Government. Qanon predicted "The Storm Is Coming" repeatedly and was wrong every single time. Why doesn't Qanon suffer the same rejection rate as the government?
Riverman2 · 61-69, M
@ElwoodBlues Seems to me like it does.
@ElwoodBlues This isn't a balanced comparison.

I think Qanon does experience a high percentage of rejection, but while Qanon may be influential, we didn't elect it to govern us. Every election we have to choose in which hands to place power, and if they gave us more reason to trust they will do what they say they'll do, or at the very least explain why it's not doable, elections wouldn't be fraught with so much emotion and magical thinking.