High-minded Canadian scribblers absolutely love to write about the shortcomings of U.S. society. It's a kind of religion.
"Conspiracy, conspiracy," Andrew Cohen writes. "It flowers in a society in which distrust of government . . . is a theology."
Distrust of government, however, is simply a matter of self-preservation in societies whose elitist governments squander vast sums of taxpayers' money on outrageous Orwellian schemes, while greatly enriching themselves. 
I, for one, wish far more Canadians were far more distrustful of government -- or at least far less gullible about the likes of Trudeau and Morneau who are so delusionary as to think they can do everything from cooling the world's climate with carbon taxes to fighting racism and sexism with racist and sexist hiring policies.
If extreme distrust of government is a religion, call me religious. If it's paranoia, call me paranoid . . . and extremely proud of it.