Three Quarters of Britons Lack Trust in People With “Different Values” or From “Different Cultures”
Three in four people in the UK are “unwilling or hesitant” to trust someone who has different values or is from a different cultural background, a major international survey has found. The Times has more.
Distrust “is the new default instinct” in UK society, according to the Edelman Trust Barometer, which examines the trust that people have in business, government, media and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
Its report revealed a deepening erosion of trust as “grievance has devolved into insularity” across the developed world.
It found that some 76% of people in the UK are either unwilling or hesitant to trust someone whose values, facts, problem-solving approaches or cultural background differ from theirs, leaving just 24% open to trusting across divides.
More than a third of Britons (35%) would rather leave a job or move to another department than report to a manager with very different values. Just over a quarter said they would reduce effort for a project led by a boss with opposing beliefs.
Such insularity is highest in developed markets, including Japan (89%), Germany (81%) and the UK (76%), while researchers said it “cuts across income, gender and age”. The survey was of 33,900 people living in 28 countries.
The report identified forces that are fuelling the rise of insularity, most notably all-time high levels of economic anxiety.
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Is that because they are usually carrying a machete?
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This may or may not be insightful but the old have always distrusted the young, and vice versa. The classes have always distrusted each other. Northerners have always distrusted Southerners and vice versa, and don’t get me started about the English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish, let alone the French. But generally we have managed to get on with our lives.
I suspect the default instinct has remained unchanged – there are just more groups, some more favoured by ‘international polling surveys’ than others.
I consider it wholly unexceptional that people from different backgrounds and cultures do not trust each other.
Some days ago I replied to a post pushing the grounds for integration, on TCW I think, and stated that not only was I not interested in integration I was strongly against it for the simple reason I detest islam and its adherents. We have nothing in common. I have no time for them and wish they would F. off and leave me and this country alone.
Hear, hear.
“Three Quarters of Britons Lack Trust in People With “Different Values” or From “Different Cultures”.
That’s just part of the normal human survival instinct, like racism.
There’s nothing wrong with it.
Exactly – it’s entirely in line with our evolution, whether we like that fact or not
Yes, it makes perfect sense, and people should stop feebly submitting to Communist Brainwashing about “White Guilt”, “White Privilege”, and all the rest of it.
A protection mechanism.
Couldn’t agree more. Why would you trust a random stranger let alone someone you know to have different values to you?
My question is what is wrong with the 25% who seemingly trust pretty much anyone.
Exactly.
When you are in the company of people who share your values, mindset, views, you feel relaxed and comfortable. You can say things without worrying about accidentally offending someone’s cultural sensitivities.
I’m a white Christian man. Obviously if I find myself in the company of, say, black Muslim women, then – especially in the current climate of “hate speech” and whatever-phobia, I immediately tense up and start thinking “can I say this? can I say that?”, even if otherwise they are friendly individuals. This is perfectly natural.
What, like honesty? Fair dealing? Respect?
I wouldn’t trust white people who throw their McDonald’s (other fastfood is available) rubbish out of the car window in the street. I’ve witnessed an egregious example recently.
I worked alongside a chap who told me he had bought a Thai bride (he was exaggerating for effect) and that he would have killed his ex-wife if he thought he could get away with it (I hope he was exaggerating for effect). If he had been my boss I would probably have left and certainly reduced effort while I was looking for somewhere to leave to. He was White British like me but certainly did not have the same values.
Race is an indicator which elevates suspicion – the behaviour may prove the initial suspicion to be valid or not.
As a person who has a highly unusual and rare ( in this place, anyways ) trait of judging a book by what’s between its covers, I partially agree with your comment. For me, a different race doesn’t automatically elevate suspicion in and of itself. If I saw a group of white male youths, dressed in their usual ‘chav’ garb, hanging around the street corner, I’d likely cross the street, just the same as I would if they were black. I’d be making an assessment based on their behaviour rather than on their skin colour. What do they mean above by somebody making less effort if they have a “boss with opposing beliefs”? What, religious? Political? Cultural? To my mind this also seems a bit daft because what do your boss’s beliefs have to do with your ability to do your job? Shouldn’t there be boundaries in place between employees and their superiors which are respected in a work relationship and a professional capacity? As long as I have a good boss I couldn’t care less what beliefs they hold because they shouldnt be relevant or impact his/her role. I thought that part a bit odd… Here’s a lady who… Read more »
Yes. A gang (emotive word, you said ‘group’) of youths of any colour worries me slightly – perhaps triggering memories of the groups I used to hang out with…
Some nostalgia from a bygone era for you.😁 If this is the England the real far Right/ethnats keep harping on about wanting to reclaim then they’re not living in the real world. They’re idealists, destined to continue being the bitter, whiney individuals they evidently are. No amount of “mass deportations” or “remigration” is going to turn back the hands of time, I’m afraid;
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Superior? I once had a disagreement with a boss and she reminded me that she was my superior. I said that she wasn’t my superior, she was my senior.
I’d like to think I share the same attitude, and that my behaviour towards others isn’t based on a knee-jerk “they’re not from my group, therefore I distrust them” reaction. I don’t care whether my line manager is male or female, straight or gay, black or white etc., as long as they effectively do the job they are paid to do without demonstrating bias in favour of or against any other particular demographic group. If they start pushing an agenda based not on professional values but on personal beliefs or feelings, then at that point they have undermined their own position. And I would expect them to judge me on that same basis.
Insularity is a two-way street. If certain groups of people refuse to have anything to do with other groups, then they should expect the same attitude in return, and this applies throughout society, not just in the workplace.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryPppodhL6k
He Doesn’t Get It
This confirms what many have thought and some have been saying for some years now but the elites denyh it. The issue is fundamentally one of multi-culturalism which the elites have promoted as a good thing.
The elites told us multi-culturalism was better than (I suppoise) mono culturalism. They actually believed people coming here from other cultures were inherently better than us. Why else would they give them preference. How else could such new comers increase the prosperity of us all when they arrived with limited language skills, limited reklevant education or training and no experience of our societal ways. And that was the claim of the Blairites and the “call me heir to Blair” Tories.
Who the Hell responds to these surveys?
DCMS recently sent my household an invitation to take part in a survey. None of us were interested in doing so. I was pretty sure that the question ‘Do you think DCMS is good value for money?’ was not gong to be asked.
If anyone wanders into a crime ridden neighbourhood it is wise to pay attention and be distrustful. This holds true for not just crime ridden neighbourhoods but also in the wild where there are dangerous animals, and people.
How’s it going for Sweden with that trusting those with different values and ‘problem-solving approaches’?
The questions are, Who is behind this survey? Why is it important to them? What are their intentions?
Were they looking for a different result?
A settled, homogeneous society with a transparent system of law and personal conduct, which has been developed over centuries and which everyone understands and most subscribe to (there will always be criminals) becomes a High Trust Society.
A fractured, “diverse” society, in which groups operate according to different laws, customs and personal conduct and one group in particular is “more favoured” than others becomes a Low Trust Society. Particularly when a significant proportion of the “more favoured group” preys on the indigenous population in a variety of ways.
Diversity and multiculturalism is not a strength; it’s how you destroy a nation.
But they knew that.
“Diversity is our strength”——-Except someone forgot to tell the Japanese and Chinese.
It’s TOO LATE. —By 2050 50% of the country will be Muslim—–National Identity, culture, tradition and history will be GONE. —-We are not a NATION anymore we are just a REGION.
Is anyone surprised? 10 million immigrants, many of whom dislike our values and our culture and come here for the multiple benefits we are stupid enough to offer. The situatio will only deteriorate.