This. Low-trust countries generate an outflow of people in the direction of first-world countries. This is an incredible talent-pool of disciplined and motivate

This. Low-trust countries generate an outflow of people in the direction of first-world countries. This is an incredible talent-pool of disciplined and motivated idealists and a lot of the technological IP that gives an upper hand to Western economies comes from this process. Personally, my parents are such people - they left Poland in the 1970’s and excelled in America. One of the best things that our country has done since is that we have climbed into a higher-trust category in the 90’s. This has gradually limited that brain drain mechanic. While things aren’t perfect, there are far fewer such people leaving our economy and it has done wonders. However, everywhere in the world this is a continuous battle that will always have to be fought and won over and over again. The lying and the cheating always creeps back into every system.