In the eurozone, in addition to the perceived nexus between banks and governments, the governing elite’s willingness to embrace European integration, and taxpayer-financed cross-border financial support, without broad public consultation has generated a similar sentiment. In Japan, two decades of relentless economic malaise has decimated the public’s faith in politicians and the government bureaucracy.
失信的政府可不仅仅是美国一家。在欧元区，除了察觉到的政府和银行勾结之外，政府精英实现欧洲整合的愿望，以及用纳税人税款支付跨国财政援助——都是在没有事先咨询公众——也激发了类似的情绪。在日本，持续20年的无情经济瘫痪已经使公众对政治家和政府完全失去了信心。