- Who are these people who do not have confidence in the criminal justice system but do have confidence in the police? - Oh yeah, fascists. 
- This poll was taken June of 2024. I wonder if things have changed since then. 
- Why don’t all the rows have the same length? Did fewer people answer the question about newspapers than about banks? - That would be weird, since the graph is about percentages and not absolute numbers. But it would also be weird if there is a ‘hidden’ answer which comes down to ‘i dont know’ or ‘i dont want to answer’. 
- I assumed margin of error 
 
- People trust the fucking police and army more than unions. That’s just a fucking sad state. - That’s a century of anti-union propaganda at work. 
- Not in the US, but my mom works for a really bad union whose greatest accomplishment seems to be giving employees paid 15-minute breaks every 4 hours or so. - The union talks big about protecting employees, but really only protects them the way that an HR department would. 
 
- When you drop below cable companies, you really need to step back and take a look at your life. 
- The one thing that gives hope about this graph is that people have so little trust in Congress. Democracy doesn’t work unless you mistrust elected officials. - Mmm, that juicy sour sarcasm. 
 
- Yeah, but this poll was from Gallup—who trusts them? 
- That is a disturbing and surprising level of confidence in the police. I’m definitely in some kind of bubble. 




