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How come everything sucks? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 hours ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Seriously. People are all materialistic vapid assholes, billionaires rule the world and we're letting them because we're so fucking lazy and busy with following shithead influencers and taking selfies of our fake happiness.

The planet is on the brink. Is this it? I see dogs in the park... So pure hearted it hurts knowing they are stuck with us. With owners that leave them alone all day and walk them for a few minutes to make themselves feel better. They all have purebred dogs too because they use them as a fashion statement or what ever.

King Pedohile is threatening the whole world and again, we're just letting him.

How did we get here? Is it because of our big fucking brains?

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[–] 12 points 7 hours ago (1 child)

Lower trust.

Ever experience the difference between a low trust society and a high trust society? At one point in my life, I would bring my car in for an oil change and I'd bring new oil too, because I couldn't trust the mechanic to not fill my car up with waste grease from the restaurant next door to save a buck. I would, of course, also watch them do the work to make sure they didn't just steal my good oil and fill it up with waste grease anyway.

Then I moved to a high trust society. Suddenly, I was just a paranoid motherfucker, because who would try to screw you over in such a dumb way?

I imagine that people getting out of prison have similar experiences. Prisons tend to be low trust societies, where everyone has an angle. Then you get out, and you have to get used to the idea that everyone isn't, in fact, trying to screw you over for their own benefit.

High trust societies are starting to run into low trust issues.

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