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Do you feel like people used to be more trustworthy than they are now? As a millennial (I think?) it seems to me that older folks instinctively trust others more than younger folks do, but I'm not quite sure why.
It could be that we have moved from a high-trust society to a low-trust society and they older people haven’t caught on to that fact, yet. If they get burned a few times, they might hone their BS detectors by becoming more low-trust.
I have to agree with that. The high-trust countries I have been to have had very little mass immigration. However, some of the pretty damn low-trust countries have had not had any immigration, either. I think the migration is generally from low-trust to high-trust areas because the high-trust areas have that advantage in doing honest business.
Good point
No one immigrates to the third world
Anyone moving back to Mexico?
Now that they have incentives to move back, they are. Until now, they only had incentives to come to the land of the freebies.
I don't think so. I think there have always been con men and hucksters. I think as we age our bullshit detectors wear out.
or maybe it's no longer practicing law?
as a bitcoin boomer, you must be more savvy that the others tho. i mean you're on SN!
I can figure something out technically and get all proud of myself, and then do a really stupid, embarrassing thing 10 minutes later.
I think that means you are self-aware, not gullible.
How about just human!
The Prince of Nigeria DM'd me
Well, well, I guess you just have to hop to and answer that offer of glorious riches for nothing! Isn’t it just amazing what the Nigerian Princes are willing to do for us poor folks? :)
He has more wisdom and life experience
I agree, even though I think this is the most naive one. After the war, a lot happened and the golden era of peace and prosperity left everyone too comfortable to question what governments were doing. Still, what has happened recently is terrifying. People fiercely defend being even more enslaved, cling to shallow things with no factual basis, and socially condemn anyone who dares to think differently.
I knew it!
I said boomers and milennials
edit: I thought lawyers are not supposed to be gullible?
Was Samson gullible or was it the hair?
I vote boomers being most gullible. I will fall for just about anything. It's age coupled with lack of familiarity with technology and modern culture.