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The example given of a high trust society is Finland. The example given of a low trust society is Afghanistan. [1] Which would you rather live in?

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Finland is not one high trust society. Its two. They almost had a civil war back then when the sovjets nearly invaded and society split in two high trust societies (left - stalin collaborateurs) and right (finland patriots). There are still towns were the sides do not shop in the same super market.

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