pjmedia.com By Jamie K. Wilson
Lately, I’ve seen a great deal of discussion about “high-trust” and “low-trust” societies. Some of that may be the result of the media I read, but more likely it is because people are reaching for language to describe something new to them. When everyday interactions feel brittle, surveilled, and adversarial, you do not need a sociologist to tell you something fundamental has shifted; you simply need words for what you already know.
Years ago, I taught my children that if they were ever in trouble or lost, frightened, or hurt, they should not accept help from someone who approached them on the street, and they should not seek out police or other authority figures. Instead, they should go to the nearest house that looked occupied, knock on the door, and ask the adult who answered for help.
That instruction surprises people now, and sometimes it horrifies them. Yet it made perfect sense to me, especially since we lived in military housing. The people behind those doors were not truly random at all. They were neighbors, service members, and their families: individuals who had already been vetted, who lived visibly embedded lives, who were accountable to a chain of command and to one another, and who were known within a community that noticed who belonged and who did not…
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