Suicidal empathy claims another victim
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This is why immigration is much worse for a people than war, even a brutal one. A nation can spring back from a war, but mass immigration permanently (without enormous and violent effort to turn things around) changes it. We are witnessing in real time the transition from high trust societies to low trust.
I honestly believe that trust, far more than wealth, weather, or resources, is what makes a nation great to live in.
Trust is a symptom and not a cause. Japan is great because Japanese are trustworthy, and a side-effect of that is being high-trust. If Greece were high-trust, there would be immediate chaos. I mean, even greater chaos than now.
Trustworthiness is a genetic thing?
Literally yes. Some genetic groupings lack the ability to intellectually comprehend abstractions.
Unironically yes.
Didn't say that. Might be, in part. But Greece and Japan also have very different cultures.
BTW, not knocking Greece. I'm pretty sure it's a nicer place to live than Germany, apart from the economy, and not just for the food.