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The bouncer your gut hired without checking its references.
means To not trust someone or something — to regard them with suspicion or doubt rather than confidence.
from A straightforward English build: the prefix 'dis-' (meaning 'apart,' 'not,' or 'reversal,' from Latin) bolted onto 'trust,' a word with Norse roots — Old Norse 'traust' meant confidence or firm support, a cousin of 'true.' So 'distrust' is literally trust turned inside out: confidence with the floor pulled away.
- survival tool
- Kept ancestors alive by assuming the rustle was a predator
- contagious
- Spreads through groups faster than trust ever does
- costly
- Low-trust societies pay a hidden tax on everything
- self-fulfilling
- Suspecting betrayal often provokes the very betrayal feared
- reversible asymmetry
- Built in seconds, rebuilt over years if ever
operation northwoods — us joint chiefs of staff proposed false flag attacks on americans in 1962, declassified 1997, showing government planning deception
tuskegee syphilis study — us public health service withheld penicillin from 600 black men with syphilis from 1932-1972, destroying trust in medical institutions
wikileaks 2010 cables — 250,000+ classified us diplomatic cables leaked, revealing systematic dishonesty in international relations and government communications