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Did you get that idea from here? https://www.persuasion.community/p/getting-to-denmark https://www.persuasion.community/p/getting-to-denmark Francis Fukuyama
by throwaway2037 6mo ago
Did you get that idea from here? https://www.persuasion.community/p/getting-to-denmark https://www.persuasion.community/p/getting-to-denmark
Francis Fukuyama wrote in a recent blog post: "The United States is no longer a high-trust country. We must regain what’s been lost."
I object to these "wide brush" social commentaries. Normally, they are written by powerful/famous men and frequently negative. I call it "Packaged Doomerism". The US is so huge that is hard to generalise about its culture. There are at least six distinctive cultural regions. Take California as an example: There is a surprisingly large cultural gap between the north (Bay Area) and south (LA/Orange/San Diego). That is just one state. In the same way that the US is huge, so is Europe -- about 50 countries. I cringe when I see the phrase, "In Europe, ..."
- nixon_why69 6mo agoWas it ever a high trust country? Our founding stories are various rebellions and a lawless west.
- wallst07 6mo agoI'm interested in discussion around "high trust societies" and I look for clues because I want to live in one. Here is just an example of one: Moving from Brooklyn to a small surbuban town: - very few lock their bikes at the local schools, or "town center". Bikes aren't stolen and kids don't worry about it. - "town center" has umbrellas out for public use, people use them and put them back. - People generally don't lock front doors, or don't worry if they aren't. - If there are problems, people call police, they show up quick [non emergency] and they sort out the problem. - People happy to pay taxes and they know where it goes I can go on... these are just examples I've seen.
- rationalist 6mo agoIt sounds like trust is important when people can be held accountable. And it's hard to be held accountable when you're just an anonymous person in a sea of hundreds of thousands or millions.
- wallst07 6mo agoIn my case, it's not just being held accountable. It's that people know each other and you are just stealing from your neighbor. Not many want to do that.