> Too bad it is a fragile sentiment that is difficult to repair. Too many people have a hard time meeting their material needs which creates demand for crimes

> Too bad it is a fragile sentiment that is difficult to repair. Too many people have a hard time meeting their material needs which creates demand for crimes like this. A prerequisite for a high trust society is that it must be one in which very few (if any!) of its members are in a position in which they don't know where their next meal is coming from. Look at Jack London's struggle to find a meal in "On The Road" for an emblematic example and know now that US citizens are far less trusting of one another now than they were then.