questioning

Does anyone actually trust anyone anymore?
That's what I've been musing on today. There are so many scams about, and there's so much infidelity, and there are so many predators and liars and schemers and chancers, that I wonder whether everyone hasn't become overrun by cynicism and we all refuse to believe the simplest thing now. Even if we haven't fallen prey to bad things ourselves, we are constantly seeing the stories on social media, and on consumer programmes on television, and in articles. The modern world is skewed towards the negative and so we are always hearing the worst of people. And if we're hearing the worst, then we're fearing the worst, that's my concern. No-one is giving anyone else a chance to be true, and I think that will just gather steam as it rolls downhill and we'll start to see people act in a way that says, "Well, stuff it. If everyone thinks I'm an arsehole, I might as well be one" and the whole thing will self-perpetuate and spiral and we'll all put up more and more defences to protect ourselves and no-one will ever interact in a human, trusting way anymore. We'll all end up barricaded in our own homes lest we be swept away by a torrent of bullshit and carried away into heartbreak and bankruptcy.
Or maybe it's just me...

RC 28-6-25