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Cultures that dislike diversity are pretty low-trust. Russia, North Korea, Iran come to mind. White American conservatives don't trust anyone who isn't also the
by quantified 10mo ago
Cultures that dislike diversity are pretty low-trust. Russia, North Korea, Iran come to mind. White American conservatives don't trust anyone who isn't also them. And so on.
- rendang 10mo agoI think the user you replied to is referring to things like the Putnam findings on the effects of diversity https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FvFN8ACY6taivkcbzDGgYy1-EPb1kbbQ/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FvFN8ACY6taivkcbzDGgYy1-EPb...
- nxor 10mo agoAlso relevant: https://www.pewresearch.org/2025/05/08/americans-trust-in-one-another/ https://www.pewresearch.org/2025/05/08/americans-trust-in-on...
- thewebguyd 10mo agoThere are also cultures that aren't very diverse that are pretty high-trust: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Japan, even China. Which goes to say, diversity likely has very little to do with whether a society is low-trust or high-trust. It's more about politics and policy.
- baumy 10mo agoThis doesn't seem like a conclusion that's supported by the available evidence. We have examples of homogeneous cultures that are high trust, and ones that are low trust. We have examples of diverse cultures that are low trust, but none that I'm aware of that maintain high trust over time. The best fitting hypothesis would be that homogeneity is necessary but not in itself sufficient for a high trust culture to be built.
- quantified 10mo agoDiversity is relative. The difference between Irish and English ancestry created low trust in the mid-1800s USA but is fairly irrelevant today. Trust grew over time.