Critical to the entire expert equation is coercion.
Without the ability to coerce, the “experts” and “institutions” will have to continuously convince everyone of the merits of their policies, decisions etc. in order to achieve any level of compliance, effectively ensuring a cycle of ongoing analysis and accountability.
Remove coercion and the natural balance is restored.
We've passed the point of countering coercion with corrective procedure. The coercionists simply ignore it, like the schoolyard bully laughing off the rules. Until his victim/s punch him in the face.
Accountability without real, consistent, predictable and painful consequences is a toothless tiger.
"Until that exists, “trust the experts” will keep sounding like “don’t ask questions.” And once the public hears that subtext, trust doesn’t come back."
There, fixed it for you.
And nor should it. Ever. It's systemic. And anti-human at its core. Any system built on utilitarian ethics, "greater good," that results in man playing God will never be, can never be, must never be trustworthy. That is a system that will, necessarily must lie to gain the consent of the sacrificial lambs to be murdered, "so others may live."
Systems that are guided by utilitarian ethics are no different than the Aztecs who ritually sacrificed humans. For a "greater good." If we consider them savages then we must consider ourselves savages for committing the same savagery.
How many millions dead, severely injured, "for a greater good?" The public should never, ever, never ever ever trust these people in these systems with these ethics ever again. About anything. They WILL lie to our faces. And think nothing of it. May actually think themselves heroic for it. Nobly lying. With deadly consequences. Nah. Hard pass. Forever.
Critical to the entire expert equation is coercion.
Without the ability to coerce, the “experts” and “institutions” will have to continuously convince everyone of the merits of their policies, decisions etc. in order to achieve any level of compliance, effectively ensuring a cycle of ongoing analysis and accountability.
Remove coercion and the natural balance is restored.
Great framing. Coercion without accountability is exactly where public trust goes to die.
I'd add one layer: coercion + no transparent scorecard creates immunity from correction.
If we can force public error logs and measurable outcomes, coercive overreach becomes much harder to sustain.
We've passed the point of countering coercion with corrective procedure. The coercionists simply ignore it, like the schoolyard bully laughing off the rules. Until his victim/s punch him in the face.
Accountability without real, consistent, predictable and painful consequences is a toothless tiger.
"Until that exists, “trust the experts” will keep sounding like “don’t ask questions.” And once the public hears that subtext, trust doesn’t come back."
There, fixed it for you.
And nor should it. Ever. It's systemic. And anti-human at its core. Any system built on utilitarian ethics, "greater good," that results in man playing God will never be, can never be, must never be trustworthy. That is a system that will, necessarily must lie to gain the consent of the sacrificial lambs to be murdered, "so others may live."
Systems that are guided by utilitarian ethics are no different than the Aztecs who ritually sacrificed humans. For a "greater good." If we consider them savages then we must consider ourselves savages for committing the same savagery.
How many millions dead, severely injured, "for a greater good?" The public should never, ever, never ever ever trust these people in these systems with these ethics ever again. About anything. They WILL lie to our faces. And think nothing of it. May actually think themselves heroic for it. Nobly lying. With deadly consequences. Nah. Hard pass. Forever.
Most experts are 100% fake. They may have a title but nothing of substance backing it up. Or they simply lie their way into presumed authority.
I get the frustration. I’m less interested in blanket labels and more interested in measurable accountability.
Some experts are rigorous, some aren’t. The fix is transparent scorecards, not title-based trust.
That’s the standard I’m arguing for.