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> Many, many institutions in the USA are built on it being a high-trust society. Now that it's falling into a low-trust state, we can expect those institutions
by Infernal 5y ago
> Many, many institutions in the USA are built on it being a high-trust society. Now that it's falling into a low-trust state, we can expect those institutions to fail, and perhaps the state to as well.
Not enough people understand this, but I'm encouraged whenever I hear from those who do.
- jkepler 5y agoThis raises the question of how we start planning now to build more appropriate institutions to avoid societal failure.
- nostrademons 5y agoLocally, generally. Remember Gall's Law: "A complex system that works is inevitably found to have evolved from a simple system that works." Also much easier to rebuild trust in a smaller community. I'd kinda love to blog about blue-sky social theories, but I suspect that without grounding in actual working social systems, they would remain theories.