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> You should try to live in an actual low trust society (where people can't trust institutions and instead revert to their family or clan). I live in the US bu
by Ozzie_osman 4y ago
> You should try to live in an actual low trust society (where people can't trust institutions and instead revert to their family or clan).
I live in the US but grew up in a society closer to low trust. Lots of pros and cons to both, but I think one thing you are overlooking is that there are things a family/clan provide that are not replaceable by institutions or other things.
No institution will provide the same moral support when a loved one passes away that family/clan does. No institution will blindly stand up for you, no questions asked. There are downsides to these types of societies, but there is a lot of value to these types of bonds/relationships. Less about trust, more about care. You are never emotionally isolated (even if you really want to be). You're always interconnected.
- rabuse 4y agoI believe this is why the U.S. has such a large gang culture in ubran areas. Everybody wants to feel like they belong to something, and if they don't get that through family, then they turn to their local street for that.
- badpun 4y agoIn Europe, it's the football hooligans. They're quite large groups (thousands of people in every major city) that spend time together and fight together (against police and other hooligan groups). It's like US gangs, but without making money aspect and luckily mostly without guns.
- chii 4y ago> No institution will blindly stand up for you, no questions asked. which i think is good - blindly standing up for someone, and unfettered loyalty, is not a sign of a good, rational democracy. Families do that, but even then, only to an extend. Your position should be defensible by a fair institution, but only if your position is _actually_ something defensible as agreed to by society at large.