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by boondoggle16 1057 days ago
Then we would live in a high-trust society, like the United States and Europe used to be 100 years ago. Or like Singapore is now.

But we don't, and never will again, for very complicated reasons.

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> Then we would live in a high-trust society, like the United States and Europe used to be 100 years ago.

The United States didn’t even “trust” Black folks enough to allow them to drink from the same water fountain, live in the same neighborhood, go to the same school or be part of the financial system as late as the 60s.