Loss of Trust Underpins our Collective Woes
Trust, or more specifically, Loss of Trust.This has to be the defining issue of our times. In the new millenium we inhabit a world where trust has ceased to be embedded in our communities, nations and in the world at large. We have truly entered an age of anxiety and the effects are compounding. If distrust was a biological entity, the entire globe would be riddled with the virus. Who do you trust? Who can you trust? In basic survival terms you are meant to trust your parents and siblings and others related to you by blood or marriage. We’ve long had a tradition of trusting friends. Somewhere in the past we grew up trusting doctors, policemen, priests, teachers. Not so good for politicians and salesmen, even if you think way back. You could build up trust with neighbours, with local storekeepers and local tradesmen. Finding decent people to provide good services was not a big ask. Banks were good, lawyers pretty straight. This was not a fantasy world though, all good, no evil. There