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RE: TRUST, is this an outmoded concept or should we encourage ourselves and others to generate and engender it?
This brings up some interesting questions. Most of the countries that have higher trust are wealthier countries. Were those citizens trusting before their countries became prosperous, or only afterward? If memory serves me right, I've seen statistics in the past that showed crime tends to go up when wealth decreases and visa versa. One of the reasons for this: When times are tough, more people feel they need to steal in order to survive. If more people are stealing, it stands to reason that the populace would be less trusting of thier neighbors.
I feel like I was rambling, was that coherent? Haha.
Thank you so much for your comments @shenanigator, the concept of trust is a tricky one - to me the increasing isolation we all experience is a loss to the community building which society needs. I have known people to live is situations where they have never spoken to their neighbours - that cannot be a good thing!