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Civic honesty around the globe

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209 points ojosilva | 1 comments | 20 Jun 19 19:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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pmarreck ◴[20 Jun 19 20:07 UTC] No.20236798[source]▶
(Sarcastic comment about China here removed)
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ppod ◴[20 Jun 19 20:13 UTC] No.20236858[source]▶
What is it about Chinese society that makes you say that? Not having a go here, I legitimately know nothing about it. If stranger-trust is so low, what societal branches does trust hang on? Is it family, business, political, local..? Is it mediated through technology like WeChat?
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1. Symmetry ◴[20 Jun 19 20:23 UTC] No.20236952[source]▶
There were a lot of reports in the Chinese news a while ago about people being taken in by scammers that pretended to be injured, had the mark help them, and then claimed that the mark's help proved they had a guilty conscious and was responsible and owed them monetary reparations.

This sort of came to a head when a small child was run over and many pedestrians passed without helping.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Wang_Yue

So I'm imagining many Chinese people might be reluctant to return a wallet in case it turns out to be some sort of scam.