People don't like to hear it, but a high-trust society is enabled by homogeneity.
Look at Japan's demographics, and opposition to foreign religions, languages, etc.
They don't allow "the world" to recreate itself inside them, and the conflict and distrust (Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam) that that brings.
Look at Japan's demographics, and opposition to foreign religions, languages, etc. They don't allow "the world" to recreate itself inside them, and the conflict and distrust (Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam) that that brings.