Losing faith in the system: distrust, AI, and the turn to alternative beliefs

[kcarruthers@infosec.exchange]

Losing faith in the system: distrust, AI, and the turn to alternative beliefs

Etsy witches, AI, & young people quietly returning to the Catholic Church might look unrelated, but they all signal a crisis of trust in institutions.

Losing faith in the system: distrust, AI, and the turn to alternative beliefs

Etsy witches, AI, & young people quietly returning to the Catholic Church might look unrelated, but they all signal a crisis of trust in institutions.

Kate Carruthers (katecarruthers.com)

[mrundkvist@archaeo.social]

@kcarruthers
I don't know where you're based, but half of the US electorate have clearly hated the system since at least the 2016 primaries. No Etsy witches needed to see that.

[kcarruthers@infosec.exchange]

@mrundkvist I’m in Australia. The US is a “special” place. Sending hugs

[kcarruthers@infosec.exchange]

@mrundkvist but perhaps you can take heart from the Hungary election result?

[mrundkvist@archaeo.social]

@kcarruthers
YES! I'm in Sweden and Hungary has made a joke of a lot of EU policies in recent years. But finally both Poland and Hungary have EU-friendly governments again.

[kcarruthers@infosec.exchange]

@mrundkvist now Germany just needs to reject AfD and France the RN

[mrundkvist@archaeo.social]

@kcarruthers
Not going to happen as long as working-class men get to vote.

I advocate removing the vote from all men regardless of social class. Society would function much better.

[feijoa@mastodon.org.uk]

@kcarruthers Great essay, I enjoyed reading it. It intersects in a very strange way with my surroundings and is making me reconsider something under my nose.

[kcarruthers@infosec.exchange]

@feijoa thank you