From time to time, usually on some special day, we read surveys about trust in the media and social institutions. We are so used to it that we think little about trust itself, we allow ourselves to take it for granted, as something self-evident... And that is never a good modus operandi, it is sometimes a way for things to wear out, to become unrecognizable. With so much frequency and convenience, there is a possibility that we forget what trust actually is. How does it define us, how does it shape our relationship to the world, what makes up that equation? The “I” as the one who observes/judges and the idea of faith in something, faith in the possibility of something that we are talking about.
It would seem that we live in a wolf's time, so our trust has essentially eroded even when we think we have it, when it seems to us that it is there. Trust in people is not tested by surveys, that is what art is about. And that should be the most important trust, at least when it comes to those around us.
Another dangerous possibility is that, among all the things you declare, you forget about yourself and how much trust you are really willing to give yourself. A lot depends on the answer to that question. Both inside you and outside you. It's always like that.
Trust is an ancient phenomenon, like sailboats or unicorns... Modern forms are either impossible or possible only as a caricature. Today is an age when things are measured by different yardsticks - trust has given way to likes, clicks, and even some more explicit forms of bare interest.
And that's probably why it's natural that the most (classic) trust goes to media outlets that stubbornly adhere to the old-fashioned rules of the profession. Despite everything.
The massive trust in the church is a phenomenon of its own, especially in a society that until about thirty years ago declared itself to be predominantly atheist. What are people really talking about when they express trust in the Serbian Orthodox Church? To what extent is this a way to “punish” other institutions, since that institution has also been compromised by the actions of various priests, and to what extent is it some kind of “atonement” for the atheistic past?
Trust in politicians traditionally has its place in polls. And I don't know how to trust those who shamelessly incite students, rebellious youth.
The MP who supported the Democrats' insane construction of To Lazovic as the inspirer of these protests shows that fewer and fewer representatives of this kind in Montenegro deserve trust. As the reaction of her party comrade M. Laković showed that there are still those who deserve it.
Does anyone really believe that Zoran Lazović is organizing student protests from his cell? You have to be a bit of a moron to say that. Ana Brnabic... (Whether as a viewer of the TV report on the Lazović protests - or Djukanovic - has his own, one way or another, opinion, that question does not belong in this story.)
This need to compromise people and ideas with the help of that infamous mantra about the connection with DPS is exhausting. So as proof they cite that they saw DPS members at the protests. I also saw two of the founders of PES among the demonstrators, so it doesn't occur to me to say that PES is behind the protests. We must be more careful with expressing our views, we must not draw conclusions so easily. Otherwise you will end up as a politician... In that category of shrewdness.
And just trust in the police...
A police force that is not only incapable of protecting citizens from mass murderers, but also incapable of protecting children from a gang of children! This sounds creepy, but I'm afraid it's completely true: about thirty masked kids with clubs - on the stretch from the Red Cross to Block Six - were an unsolvable enigma for our glorious police force for several days...
So, the story about resignations not only makes sense, but it is crucially important.
After all, I'm sure that the rebellious students deserve much more trust than such police and such politicians...
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