<2021-11-18T22:03:49.000Z> Bro-Drillard: That might be true in some places like China, or perhaps Ukraine or Belorus. It's definitely not the case in Poland, Czech repub, Hungary, Croatia.
<2021-11-18T22:04:10.000Z> Bro-Drillard: source: grew up in the area, under bolshevik rule
<2021-11-18T22:07:27.000Z> ChristiJunior@detroitriotcity.com: Fair enough, but communism still did a number on social trust even in those countries. Many of my family members grew up in communist Romania, and you certainly didn't trust your neighbors there.
<2021-11-18T22:09:45.000Z> Bro-Drillard: Yeah, social trust was reduced a lot. That's what I kinda meant when I said wary of strangers. The destruction of social trust is similar to what's happened and happening in the US today.