[mola]

Don't you know the SV aristocracy are above the law? We can debate the law, we should, not following a law is also a choice. But disrupting laws as an ideology is eroding our ability to engage in meaningful social exchanges. The pipe dream that technology can absolve humanity from unavoidable need for trust and faith is perhaps improving our material situation in the short term. But human psychology is not easily augmented by technology. Deep down, to face the uncertainties and the inevitable lack of full knowledge of reality, we strive for the safety of faith and trust.

Trying to eliminate it will push a massive amount of humans to reactionary action.

And when humans can't get safety out of trust, they get it using force and control.

The art is to balance these, not to imagine you can eliminate it.

BTW: I'm far from being religious. My idea of faith is more abstract than the religious one.

[pjc50]

It's worse than that: every reservoir of trust represents a resource that fraudsters can profit from destroying, like a rainforest. It's an opportunity to make money for themselves while gradually wearing down the rest of society and making it worse for everyone else. Just as the deliberate destruction of trust in politics leads to people storming the Capitol.