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Trains cancelled over fake bridge collapse image

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263 points josephcsible | 4 comments | 07 Dec 25 00:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.81s | source
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renewiltord ◴[07 Dec 25 02:18 UTC] No.46178612[source]▶
Much of the world relies on general well-behavedness. The whole Andon principle doesn’t work if you’ve got asshole employees. With the public you don’t have a choice. You have to stop the trains because otherwise everyone will murder you if it turned out to be true. So better to be defensive.
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1. lmz ◴[07 Dec 25 03:17 UTC] No.46178856[source]▶
When the west devolves into a low trust society because of things like this and the relentless importing of people from such, it will lose the advantage of being a high trust society. Equality for all!
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2. fooker ◴[07 Dec 25 04:36 UTC] No.46179172[source]▶
I'd consider places with no school shootings higher trust than those with 300 school shootings every year :)
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3. matthewmacleod ◴[07 Dec 25 10:08 UTC] No.46180594[source]▶
I think we can reliably say that the global West's current lack of trust is nothing other than home-grown.
4. lmz ◴[07 Dec 25 13:10 UTC] No.46181431[source]▶
Sure, go for the cheap shot (heh) at the Americans - but the news article is from the UK.