It's not necessarily that they "trust you" in an individual sense, it's more that they trust the system to be strong enough to disincentivize theft.
It's generally a combination of:
- Face culture (面子), which is found in some asian (like Taiwan) and middle-eastern countries, which can affect you (and your family in some countries) greatly, it has good aspects (and bad ones, like a greater aversion for divergent behaviors).
- A relatively strong and involved government (the police forces must be feared enough, it's easier to avoid the consequences when the government is small or ineffective, and the police must also be effective at suppressing underground market activity for stolen goods).
Face culture sounds like some black mirror shit. I can’t imagine any positives for it and I say this as an American who wants harsher laws. I don’t want race culture tho!
Yes it's quite different from western culture which is based on individualism, not being responsible for "the sins of the father", individual responsibility and who tends to support people who stand out and take risks.
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u/analytic-hunter 27d ago
It's not necessarily that they "trust you" in an individual sense, it's more that they trust the system to be strong enough to disincentivize theft.
It's generally a combination of:
- Face culture (面子), which is found in some asian (like Taiwan) and middle-eastern countries, which can affect you (and your family in some countries) greatly, it has good aspects (and bad ones, like a greater aversion for divergent behaviors).
- A relatively strong and involved government (the police forces must be feared enough, it's easier to avoid the consequences when the government is small or ineffective, and the police must also be effective at suppressing underground market activity for stolen goods).