[throwboi123]

We are actually a low trust society.

We don’t trust our governments.

By we I mean crypto believers (yes me included)

Impossible to fix. The more diverse a society is, the lower the trust it has in its governments. We don’t want to pick up the tabs caused by the problems introduced by “the others” in our diverse society. For example, student loan forgiveness, affirmative action, diversity hiring, stimulus checks, petty theft forgiveness, etc.

[wpietri]

You're using the words "low trust society" to mean something different than I am, which doesn't strike me as particularly helpful.

If you as a person do not want to trust government regulation, that's great! Please do your own research, test food quality yourself, and inspect the kitchen every time you want to order a burger.

Also, if you don't want "the others" in "our diverse society" to be seen as a dog whistle, you should perhaps choose some different phrasing.

[throwboi123]

in a diverse society like the USA, we have too many things that we disagree upon. In a homogeneous society like Japan, we don't. Hence we can trust the government more.

Yes, I want my government to test food quality, to inspect the kitchen. But I don't want my government to bailout petty thefts, to give stimulus checks, to hail criminals as saviors (BLM), to require me to pronounce different genders, etc.

It is a dog whistle. I meant to say that.

[wpietri]

If you want your government to test food quality and inspect kitchens, then you trust your government in those things, and then can therefore trust that eating at a restaurant is safe. Part of what makes first-world societies work is that sort of effort. People can just go about their business and not have to investigate every little thing.

Similarly, the reason that the US has one of the most robust financial markets in the world is regulation. That regulation comes from governments and exchanges and it is intense. But that means that investors can generally trust financial statements, etc. Lowering the barrier to investment means more capital invested, making things better for everybody.

Trust is economically valuable and it isn't free.

> It is a dog whistle. I meant to say that.

Ok. I appreciate you admitting that you are choosing to be racist. So few racists do these days.

[roland35]

Sounds like a pretty sorry state of things and not how I like to live. I bet you trust a lot of aspects of society though, such as every piece of food you buy at a grocery store and in a restaurant, every prescription and over the counter medicine you consume, and every bridge you drive over.

[throwboi123]

Indeed it is. Unfortunately, I am not a globalist. I used to be, used to be gung-ho about diversity and multiculturalism. Not so much anymore, began to see the cost it brings.

We don't need diversity to have modern 1st world comfort. See Japan.

I like my homogeneity.

[wpietri]

Oh? And what's your proposal for re-achieving homogeneity? Send all the Europeans back to Europe?