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Re:The Colonial Pipeline Was Fine, Shutdown to Make Sure Its... by sam_lowry_ on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @04:12AM (#27192288)
I lived both in a high-trust society and in a low-trust society. That you seem to have experienced only low-trust society may impact you worldview, but take my word for it, things are different elsewhere ;-)
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Re:The Colonial Pipeline Was Fine, Shutdown to Make Sure Its... by brobdingnagians on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @05:10AM (#27192597)
I really like this comment. It is an indictment of our society if we feel like we can't trust anyone around us. I have people around me with whom I'd trust my life; it is much better to surround ourselves with those people. And there are lots of examples of societies historically and now where things operated very largely on trust.
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Re:The Colonial Pipeline Was Fine, Shutdown to Make Sure Its... by MrBuddyCasino on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @05:12AM (#27192611)
Don't be too harsh. The experience of living in a high-trust society is becoming more and more rare for future generations, due to certain policy decisions. They will just assume things being broken is the natural order.
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