Caught on film: high-trust society vs zero-trust society

While an epidemic of package-stealing sweeps US cities, people in Hong Kong leave literally thousands of dollars worth of packages outside their doors, unattended for hours, as these clips show. Chinese cities tend to be high-trust societies. But why?

[@randomname931]

As an American, this sucks. Wish I lived in a civilized society.

[@yfelwulf]

It's not the greatest country on earth 😂

[@snapper69996666]

As an Australian I agree. nothing but anti-China on our media

[@snapper69996666]

As an Australian I agree

[@ChinaSongsCollection]

It's not just Hong Kong too. It's basically most (all?) of East Asia : China, Japan, HK, Singapore, Taiwan. (I don't know about Korea. Maybe someone can let me know) For Southeast Asia, Singapore is safe. (Again don't know about the others. Maybe someone can tell me) South Asia (India, etc) is the exception. They are probably just as unsafe as the West.

[@peterlim1972]

​@@yfelwulfStill way way way way way better than the US and UK. Of course you people are used to it so everything seems normal till you become a victim and that chance is very very high. Of course to each his own.😂😂

[@trevornorman7563]

left my lap top in a cafe in China picked it up the next day and the owner and even charged the battery for me and would not take anything for the use of the electric used. if i had left in the small town where i live in the uk would never have seen it again

[@Hermit-Crab]

So many people have misunderstood the US. The US is truly a land of freedom. People are free to take other people's delivery parcel. People are free to just take things from the supermarket and departmental stores and shops without paying. What a freedom!

[@grandwonder5858]

US citizens are free to steal from others just like the US government practices the freedom to steal from other countries!🤮

[@kereiltutt5769]

That's not freedom

[@peanut0brain]

Same here in Chongqing, a few 1000s km away from hk in southwest China. The express packages are thrown on the open ground by the truck then the local express man takes his time to deliver it to our local community garden, while the yet undelivered packages are exposed. Meanwhile, in ŰȘ new jersey suburb, my sister says her packages were stolen only 2mins after FedEx puts it in the mailbox, as per her surveillance cameras. It's clear, Chinese run societies as China hk Singapore are top safe!

[@Sean-giang]

China radicalized the perpetrators. US just has loose gun laws

[@LokeKS]

Singapore don't leave their packages in the garden or public areas

[@peanut0brain]

@@LokeKS not about packages... Chinese people run countries are top safe!

[@Sean-giang]

@@peanut0brain not for foreign college profs or Japanese students

[@peanut0brain]

@@Sean-giang Chinese run societies are safe for everyone, except haters, western spies, and western journalists

[@maniaouri2146]

Recently I lost my cellphone, (forgot in in Hong Kong taxi) Although There are 6000 taxi companies, in less than 4 hours my cellphone was retuned to the loby of my hotel, It should be emphasized that the police team in the High speed train station was immensely helpfull and extremely concern to help me , as I was left peniless without cellphone, because all payments were made with my cellphone. Great city with great People --- Great Chinese culture ---- Thank you to all

[@grandwonder5858]

In the US my next door neighbor had his statue of the Virgin Mary stolen from his front porch! That statue weighed 125 pounds!

[@iWantPeace838]

When you find yourself living in a place dominated by the law of jungle, you know you can't trust others too much. If you live in a country which requires mutual respect for one's prosperity, you can trust more.

[@bungkusi2432]

In the US, power is respect Gun is power No gun no respect 😅😂😅😂😅

[@charmaine8512]

I dont even feel safe at work! Bogans!

[@mattwaite5558]

I’m in China and I seem to always forget to take my keys out of my motorcycle ignition. It’s parked on the street. Never been messed with 😊❤

[@grandwonder5858]

In the US I went inside a convenient store for 4 minutes with my brother to buy some drinks and a guy threw our bicycles onto the back of his pickup truck and he was about to drive off with them, but I got to him before he drove off!

[@hocolin9601]

It's in the culture too. Kids saying "I want to be a pirate!", and adults encouraging them? I can never understand.

[@TAL142]

Compare to US and UK, everywhere else is heaven including Hong Kong. There are still many crimes in Hong Kong. China is almost at a different level. Of course people would say there are no freedoms in China but I simply contribute that to early and good education to kids. It is almost as if people don't have evil thoughts.

[@fzmoifzmoi2575]

China has no freedoms my arse!! 🤣

[@bungkusi2432]

Why have evil thoughts.... if the "poor" can eat well and can afford to have a good living Everybody is content in China because the poor is not being oppressed

[@monash4250]

"freedom" to be greedy thieves isn't freedom. Real freedom is freedom from poverty, freedom of affordable healthcare & education etc

[@jaihindersingh]

Amerikka still bess cantry in wurld. Dhey olweis gudd guys laik holiwuud mooviis, dhey bery riich caan priintiing unlimiited monee an dhey protekt de wurld fram dikteitur cpp

[@aaronmoy27]

Hongkong is 100 percent safer then British colonies times,try walking after midnight in UK, or USA then you will know what’s crime.

[@jackchiu7560]

Talking about high-trust society, here's my take: Never underestimate the power of central planning in a country as large and as diverse as China. The country would not achieve such high successes without the central government's mandate on the development of high-speed railway network all over China, as well as steel making or agriculture or food self-sufficiency or oil and gas explorations or the defense industry and even space explorations. All those important projects must be implemented and supported by the government -- not by entrepreneurs in the private sector due to their limited resources and due to their demands for short-term recoups of large investments like what happen in Western capitalism. Market reforms through a high degree of relaxation of rules and regulations infused with a mix of capitalistic rewards were what gave rise to the many success stories in the Chinese nation. We all called it "socialism with Chinese characteristics." And this type of socialist ideals gave birth of an explosion of innovations and the need to achieve success by the private sector of the economy. I call that the economic miracle of China and I do not discount the role of the central government in all these.

[@lynth]

Yeah, the fundamental problem of the West is capitalism. Capitalism only works if you have victims to steal from. The moment you run out of victims, your system and society will collapse.

[@syncmaster915n]

The high-trust societies (China, Hong Kong which is part of China, Taiwan which is also part of China, Singapore, S. Korea, Japan) are, coincidentally, Confucius countries. They are also regions with the lowest Covid deaths.

[@geopoliticalnutz7350]

We've all seen the videos where people left their laptops and phones unattended for hours in China, nothing ever happens to them. I think they did it in Japan too... same. Now try that in "the freest, the greatest and the richest country on Earth..."

[@clumsytriangle2436]

I live in Shanghai and here in mainland theft is even lower.

[@keepcalmandenjoythedecline]

People don't even want to buy baby formula from the store in Shangai. They go abroad to do their shopping... they don't even trust european baby formula brands that have been imported by chinese nationals... they NEED to see the can coming through the border... from the hands of a white european to the mouth of their baby... whitout a single chinese touching the can. The only way to make sure... check for chinese fingerprints on the can. They have ancient millenary Chinese knowledge, the wise Chinese sages. 😂

[@HaraldinChina]

in mainland it's very common to see people leave a phone or laptop on the table at Starbucks while going to the restroom or making a phone call outside. Seen this many time, done this many times. Never heard of anyone having a device stolen. US has videos with "porch pirates" getting hurt, making millions of views. It's insane.

[@geopoliticalnutz7350]

yeah, left my phone, my bags, my passport, wallets, everything was in the bag in a restaurant, went outside for a cigg, chatted with a friend, came back in, its still there.

[@kingpingchoi246]

You can leave your phone and laptop etc on the table in HK when you go to the loo and it will be there when you return

[@kingpingchoi246]

You can leave your phone and laptop etc on the table in HK when you go to the loo and it will be there when you return

[@longcimb]

Threats to US is not from China but from a society that's crumbling due to the emphasis on extreme individualism (LGBT, abolition etc) and a plutocracy that find difficult to shake off

[@Agogo-ki7kc]

U forgot the mega churches too 😂

[@lynth]

As fascists always do: They will still blame it on China. Liberal identity politics is a bourgeois tool to undermine class consciousness amongst the proletariat. The problem is capitalism.

[@bosunbill9059]

both the American far left and far right are corrupt Far Left infiltrated Lgbt mainstream orgs, feminist media, abolition distractions Far right Mega Churches, belligerent police unions, Arms Industrial Complex, Far Right Militias. both have ziinist lobbyists pulling their strings as some sort of controlled opposition. There is nothing wrong with Lgbtq community or Organize religions like the Church. But left them unchecked festered and let malignant influences seep into them for them to mutate into self serving corrupt rackets and work against social harmony and the country. That's when the trouble begins.

[@strongbad2016]

Plus a plethora of diversity culture with lack of law enforcement in the name of equality. In Singapore it's super safe despite very diverse communities, cause Singapore enforces its laws and doesn't care what color of ur skin is

[@louiserobinson9776]

In recent years I’ve seen “western values” shrinking all the time here in the UK. Freedom of speech? It’s only allowed when it’s what the establishment says. Democracy? What democracy when you have to vote for the lesser of 2 evils? Equality? Riches are concentrated on a small number of people while a lot of people suffer from cost of living crisis. Human rights? The way they treated Julian Assange is shameful!

[@HTeo-og1lg]

Assange is out of incarceration already. Just move on, forgive and forget, please. Else we'll all be doomed!🙄🙄

[@kaleeysmith8801]

@@HTeo-og1lg keep putting your head in the sand, ignore reality.

[@sammygit9486]

There is no lesser of 2 evils only evil of 2 lessers

[@georgewong1837]

@@HTeo-og1lg Forgive but never forget. Assange's case is atrocious.

[@alexc6324]

Ive lived in Macau for 10 years, originally im from England. I remember the first time I saw a pretty school girl walking down a Macau street at 1 or 2am wearing her school uniform and alone and yet completely unconcerned that a man might harass or attack her at that time of night in a deserted dark street. To me this was shocking as NO pretty teen girl could do that in Reading or Oxford or Manchester or Newcastle or any of the cities that I lived in back in the UK and after living here for just a few months I realized that this is what a civilised society looks like. In 10 years of living here I dont personally know of a single person who was murdered or raped and i only know 1 person who suffered any crime here (she had her phone pickpocketed). In the 10 year period in the UK before I left I can think of four people I knew who were either murdered or committed murder. I dont now how many were raped because that sort of thing is kept pretty hush hush by the victim but I know of 2 of my sisters friends who were so im guessing there were other victims near me that i just didnt know about. The number of lesser crimes that I and my friends or colleagues or neighbours suffered is simply too long. I myself have been attacked by a group of people twice and by an individual once. Ive been threatened with violence countless times including once at work. Ive had my house broken into twice, had my car broken into once, had my car vandalised once, had my house vandalised once, was pickpocketed twice and had my credit card 'cloned' and all the money stolen once. I am not unusual, im just a normal English man and yet over any 10 year period that is the sort of thing you can expect from England and ofcourse im not listing all the times i thought i might have had a problem coming my way but I carefully avoided it. Small town England and big city England are both a minefield of crime but Macau and to my knowledge Hong Kong are HEAVEN. I agree that western culture is to blame for this but also having a good police force who you can trust is extremely important to a civilised society. UK police are political creatures who simply do not care about crime and society. Their priority is protecting and serving the elite and doing whatever the government wants them to do that day. The media (including entertainment) are also hugely to blame for the wests poor society. I really hope that not many westerners come here. We need to stay a very small minority in the east otherwise we will ruin it.

[@grandwonder5858]

The thing that I noticed about thefts in the US, you are just as likely to get your things stolen by white people as you would by black people even though black people tend to get a lot more blames for it! What I’m trying to say is that white people are just as likely to steal, if not more so, than black people. That is what I personally encounteted.

[@believein1]

“Western civilization” The last to become civilized.

[@MMLL369]

They wear suits to cover their tails, pretending being civilized.

[@Nine-Signs]

Under capitalism over 400 years? not going to happen..

[@Orwellian-Purple-Grapes-1984]

Have yet to become.

[@airstripone2419]

@believein1 you mean China, which is yet to reach civilization. The West reached civilization with the ideas of the ancient Greeks.

[@cb250nighthawk3]

Someone said : the West never reached the civilized stage. They skipped that stage and jumped straight to the modernity stage. That's why the plunders and thefts and murders they inflicted upon every place they ventured into. And still doing it. That's why they are barbarians in 3 piece suits. 😂😂😂

[@coffeebreak100]

2:40 The US can’t be at 49?! Their level of crime is insane. No where else in the world would you see aisles in the shops locked up like that.

[@hyc1266]

Even toothpaste and toothbrush need to be locked up in US.

[@grandwonder5858]

Whatever rating they gave the US multiply it by 10! The US owns all of the propaganda machines in the world, they would never tell the truth about just how bad the US is!

[@KC-io2rg]

Thanks!

[@taihiong]

During the 70s in my childhood in Indonesia, everyone order food and eat as they like, and only afterwards they declare whatever they eat and pay. Starting from the 80s when Western food chains entered the country, people have to pay for the food before they can eat. So distrust culture was introduced ever since. There are still such high-trust eateries around, but large majority of shops and restaurants are now requiring advance payment before consumption.

[@kenlee1416]

US fast food chains. In most European restaurants, you order and have your meal and only pay at the end.

[@taihiong]

@@kenlee1416 Thank you. Yes, the food chains I referred to were Americans indeed.

[@chialingchew1857]

In Malaysia, most established, local restaurants let the customers have their meals first, then pay at the counter, just inform the cashier your table number and he/she will double check on the foods customers had ordered. In some small, family run restaurants (my own experience is a Malaysian Indian restaurant), the shop owner will serve the food to customers, no recording of what the customers have had, and when the customers want to pay at the counter, the owner/cashier will ask: "what did you have just now?" and follow what the customers say 😂

[@willengel2458]

you cracked me up with "Cops arrest each other just have something to do."

[@ssgoh4968]

This is the kind of society they wanted Hong Kong people to have. 😂😂No thank you.

[@WayneGolding]

I live in Guangdong province, but I used to live just outside WDC. It took me months to get used to the idea that beautiful girls can safely walk home after 11 PM. In DC I wouldn't recommend anyone walk a significant distance at night after sundown. Eventually this led to a feeling of having no fear while living in China, and that hasn't changed in the 9 1/2 years I've lived in China. Living here is like therapy for a formerly worried mind.

[@raymondwu9483]

Are you implying that you're a beautiful girl? 😆

[@WayneGolding]

@@raymondwu9483 Uh no.

[@burung81]

are you implying beauty is safety risk factor? not beautiful girl will be safe 😂

[@WayneGolding]

@@burung81 In DC I wouldn't recommend anyone walk a significant distance at night after sundown.

[@ireneserrano4570]

not the "beautiful girls" part 😭😭😭

[@albertwong1919]

A big factor u miss is that East has a big focus on family unity, values and cohesion. Whereas in the west, once u reach 18yrs old, u want to be independent and leave the family to live on your own. So naturally, the country is also an extended part of the family unit and being homogeneous this is continously reinforce as well, hence in the east we value and want strong leaders that work for the people and we also expect these people to have the right intelligence, skills, competence to do their job well. A very good eg, is our current President Tharman, he was popular as a leader of the ruling party and when he step down as MP to run as President, because he was well known and liked by majority of Singaporeons he recieve an overwhelming mandate from the people.

[@lattedefat257]

Hi, how are you! So wonderful you are visiting Hong Kong 🇭🇰❤️. Great to see you here. Have a great time.

[@leondee918]

So, which country has more freedom, the one with absolute free speech and liberal way of life but you're constantly watching your back, or the one with limited freedom of speech but safety and rule of law are guaranteed?

[@cutbaitgofishing]

So your saying in America we have, not just free speech but absolute free speech - surly you don't live in your head. Between the Trumptards and the Bidenites egged on by the government and the lap dog press there is no free speech.

[@grandwonder5858]

Don’t be fooled by that “freedom of speech” nonsense! The vast majority of my comments get blocked by sensortube and facebook simply because I chose to tell the truth about the US’s dirty crimes instead of lie about how bad China is!

[@davidlazarus67]

The UK has become a zero trust society. It has been because of rising poverty. The sharp rise in food prices means many realise that people are getting very desperate, and are unwilling to intervene. It’s the big supermarket chains that are profiteering, so sympathy for them is negligible.

[@stephenhill8790]

Uk had poverty for hundreds of years, right up to today, but poor lived in big communitys most living in the same conditions, now you have those with next to those without, and advertising tell you what you're supposed to have, and punishment has changed, prison is no longer a place to be feard but a inconvenience, a modern criminal would certainly not want to be sent to a 16 17 18 century prison, especially young teenagers but some people believe they shouldn't be punished children shouldn't be punished for bad behaviour, it seems not to be working 🧐

[@denislim123]

@@stephenhill8790 Public floggings should be re-introduced. But woke Western societies will never allow it.

[@nanyanguo1]

they blame on the immigrants n illegals

[@stephenhill8790]

@@denislim123 the stocks were very popular in the middle ages, humiliation and risks of abuse unless you had money for a guard, pillory was even worse especially for a woman, pillory is too dark, but perhaps a modern version of the stocks might be a better deterrent,🧐

[@mrwpg]

Zero trust society is a result of decades of state terrorism telling us to fear everyone but the state, we need less security not more...

[@ireneserrano4570]

I lived in China for 4 years and i never ever felt unsafe at night, i didn't even have any bad thought cross my mind about it, while here in my european city, i always feel unsafe, i first think which streets to take, which may be a safer root, i keep looking around and pay attention to noises... but well, even during the day i always need to be condcious as to where i had my bag placed. Not sutprided how every time i came back home for i visit i got my wallet stolen cause i had my bag turned towards my back... What i did normally and naturally in China without even thinking got me in trouble back home, having to cancel cards, reapply for IDs, hell

[@andrewngai7185]

Great analysis in details.

[@hongqingxiang3374]

Thank you for your sharing the video🙏👍🙏

[@ubermenschen3636]

Americans live a high stress life filled with fear of unemployment, more high taxes, crime, greedy government policies, belligerent police, and not enough money to provide basic shelter, food, healthcare, and necessity of life. Too many Americans live paycheck to paycheck as inflation and the tax man rob their purchasing power. Road rage, random attacks, mass shootings, racial-religious intolerance, and automatic use of violence to resolve dispute are symptoms of a society stressed to the breaking point. When the US government leaders disregard honesty, morality, peace, and the value of human life, the American people behave accordingly.

[@soothingmoments2139]

Hongkong is one of the most expensive places in the world.. The house prices is the highest in the world per square feet.. A lot of them live in cages.. But you do not see rampant theft.. Is the culture.. The eastern education of shameful ness in doing bad deeds.. USA used to be good at least even up till the 80s. But it's education has gone down the drain since

[@manuelbarreto7032]

​ Exactly, spot on, USA has a "culture" of less than 300 years, however China is a civilization of at least 4000 years. 😊​@@soothingmoments2139

[@Agogo-ki7kc]

Yet they want to educated the world how to live 😅

[@jamesl.o.h.6000]

That means the Americans cannot do anything and are helpless ya?

[@jamesl.o.h.6000]

I remember my trip to HK in later 80s. The police don't carry guns on duty!!! Every one of them had walkie talkie

[@songzhihua]

Was in Suzhou China last month (June 2024). Saw all the delivered goods left outside the restaurants during my morning jog. Quite pleased to experience that in my hometown.

[@graceyoungbeck1055]

Thanks for giving us these interesting facts

[@BatCountryAdventures]

Oh yeah, there is also the fear and hatred towards the police. I went mainland with my gf and she was shocked to see some security officers on the SZ Metro. I mean... They are just personnel the Metro company hired to make sure everything are running smoothly and someone is there in case of an emergency or crime. She actually felt intimidated by that... While the absence of which in the West mean that crimes are high. There seems to be this casual disconnect in her mind that the presence of police/security is not only a good thing but it's actually how The West used to be.

[@MMLL369]

Ironically though, folks who suffer from capiophobia like your gf, they would not hesitate to call the police when assistance is required LoL.

[@lynth]

Where's your girlfriend from? In capitalist dictatorships like the US, cops serve the ruling class. In socialist countries like China, police serves the people. If you are from a capitalist regime, you will be scared of police because they aren't on your side. You should explain to her that police in socialist countries is good.

[@DavidGBlair]

I was initially shocked to see that the normal police in China carry no guns. In Beijing, they ride around in vehicles that look like glass-enclosed golf carts. Their goal is not to intimidate people. Many accounts depict 1990s China as quite a rough place, now it seems extremely safe. It would be interesting to study what exactly has changed the mindset of the people.

[@aglis_]

In the West right now there is a huge mistrust for police and security officers. Maybe their fear stemmed from that? Also helps Chinese police have no need to carry guns.

[@MyOhwhatever]

You can’t blame her, for other than East Asia, Police and government in most countries also has high corruption issues, and sometimes would try to find your faults just to get money out of you when they know you have some.😊

[@scan4332]

Just go to Ocean Park. People leave their prams and bags unattended. At my local kindergarten, people leave their scooters and prams on a public path after drop off and leave them there until pick up time.

[@Enfinauniverso]

The West is in big trouble. Inequality is growing rapidly while there is less and less desire to be civil with one another.

[@ikkong8436]

I am proud to be Asian as we generally have some sense of shame. Personally, i will never take another person's stuff even if it is left out in the open. On quite a few occasions when i found dropped wallets on the roads, i took the trouble to return them to the rightful owners. On the reverse, i had my wallet returned to me when i forgetfully left it in a public toilet.

[@leecheelek]

Go a step further on the categorization of society. The behaviour and actions shows whether the society is civilized, uncivilized, barbarians, religious zombies, ideological nuts, terrorists etc.

[@peterjol]

China seems to have created a mixture of capitalism and communism that is working and making a much fairer distribution of wealth and therefore a happier, less angry, society, I think their only danger is that internally they will be in a constant battle with controlling the individualism of private, capitalist thinking, it has a way of 'winning' and increasingly draining the wealth of society into private pockets.

[@LW78321]

Crazy those scenes in the US...

[@john-carl2054]

As an American I can confirm we are extremely dangerous people. I live in a smaller city though and folks are trustworthy here. You get a lot of diversity depending on where you are in the country. Good video.

[@unglaubichuberlieber8048]

danke, bringing up those good points

[@TheresaReichley]

Big one - respect not only for law but law enforcement. In America, cops are seen as opponents to freedom and we don’t want them to police us at all.

[@matthewo2261]

Every culture in every society is controlled by the people controlling that country. There are external factors (imperialists) that intentionally create crime and division, so the people in control of each country don't always control the culture completely. In a country like China the people in control have been extremely aware of and effective at identifying imperialist interference and eliminating and preventing it. I would be interested in hearing from the people who have been in control of China for the last 40 years about what steps they took to create the culture they have now, because it hasn't always been this way, even 20-30 years ago. I want to know the specifics about what they did to shape individual aspects of the culture and how they kept out and eliminated the interference of the imperialists. I see the difference between China and the imperial core ( and it's vassal states) as one being controlled by well intentioned and effective leadership, and the other being controlled by a group of mafia oligarchs. Once I considered this as how things might actually be working domestic and geopolitical events started to make much more sense.

[@johnaboardviolet237]

I am an older Australian living in Chiang Mai Thailand. It is a similiar situation here. I am never afraid walking at night. Thais often leave things outside their homes in the knowledge that it will not be stolen. A lot of small shops only have a piece of canvas draped across the front of their shop when the shop is closed.

[@IanClarke-q9x]

Rampant inequality adds to crime. During recession (which is usually aid for by the poor) crime rates soar, as has been demonstrated during the many recessions of my 67 year old life. Western media is owned by billionaires who are more interested in furthering their own agenda than actually reporting facts. China looks after it's citizens much better than the so called democracies, where the choice of candidate is governed by vested interests. I really enjoy your films BTW. I'm a regular viewer.

[@IanClarke-q9x]

@monipenny408 freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. I thought you were serious at first!

[@edwardallan197]

Great..... thank you!

[@horridohobbies]

I think it's largely a cultural matter. Asian cultures tend to be more sublime and respectful. Western cultures, especially in America, Canada and Britain, have no communal sense of living.

[@RedTigerWatch]

I see drink machines along Ma On Shan promenade. Would not last 5 minutes outside like that in Australia.

[@michaelfelsinger-k2i]

Thank you Nury. I'm a dark brown guy, and I've got no problem showing my shopping bags to staff. I don't wait for them to ask me. I always keep my receipts in the shopping bag. I see a few videos about low-level crime and dates gone wrong on YT ( a guy needs a laugh sometimes ) and its incredible how often it's a black guy or a black woman behaving like a criminal or a stupid, entitled pain. If the US author James Baldwin was alive today, he'd call it for what it is. So would Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. When I was in London in 2017, I'd smile and say Hi to black people as I walked past and they'd look at me like I was from another planet. I stopped doing it after getting some mean blank looks. But the black guys dressed in suit and tie on their way to work, they were really polite and friendly. No, like Anton Chigurh from No Country For Old Men, I'm gonna call it. No more sugar coating. All the best !

[@naivoj122]

Basically westerners doesnt like to be told what to do. The egos too high.

[@kenteo24]

i just return home after visiting a few cities in China and this is true. Many parcels were left unattended. I even came across a small neighbourhood with a rack that is not stocked with goods but just parcels left carelessly and still in packed condition.The supermarket probably provides a service for nearby neighbours to send their parcels to.

[@elmohead]

And Hong Kong is not even the safest city in the canton region

[@cosmoray9750]

This is how NY treat Asian kzbin.info/www/bejne/rofFkJ-ueZxrkJY

[@Phuckitall]

The biggest factor for low-trust societies: lack of security - physical, personal, and financial. When you have nothing, no prospects of anything, and nothing to lose, taking what you can is the only way forward.

[@bungkusi2432]

I don't think being poor is the reason I believe the inequality and the way rich Americans bribe their way (injustice) is the bigger reason People think, the rich steal to become rich, so why don't they

[@lynth]

Capitalism. The problem is capitalism.

[@jameskoh2945]

@user-ps2nn5pj4g --- Not so, because in the developing world, they lack even more (not just physical, personal, and financial), yet they don't commit more crime than in US or UK.

[@strongbad2016]

Go to Indonesia or Thailand. There are lots of very very poor people living in slums yet the crime rates are much lower than the ones in the US blue cities. I feel way safer being in Jakarta than Los Angeles

[@Phuckitall]

@@jameskoh2945 Fair point. The major difference is that those citizens aren't force-fed illusions of entitlement and privilege as their betters rob them at every turn and tell them its for their own benefit. That's the root cause of endemic societal low trust, imo.

[@bungkusi2432]

Just a history sidenote: The west civilization is based on "barbarians". The strongest tribe is the winner, and dictate the tradition/rule. The east civilization is the other way around. Most of the strong tribe after conquering the weak tribe were becoming civilized using the weak tribe culture. Ex in China is the Manchuria becoming Chinese.

[@sinalbertckwong6406]

The day of front no-fence for American homes is coming to its eventual end? 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@waichong9389]

This is biden and trump country 😂

[@teckmenglee8060]

a crime and more crime country

[@believein1]

And they try to blame each other! 🤣

[@kenlee1416]

Seems more like a country owned by adelson, yass, z'berg, bloomberg, ellison, soros, fink et al.. 🤖

[@charmaine8512]

West!!!!

[@MMLL369]

If there's an option, I prefer the Marl bo ro country from the past, far more simpler. LoL

[@DavidGBlair]

twenty five years ago, the US was known as a high-trust society and China was a low trust society. What has changed? The theories shown here (individualism, free press, too open politics in the West) have become sharply lower in the West. Not much has changed in this regard in China. These ideas have no explanatory power unless they explain the changes. European countries, especially Germany, were very safe in the 1990s, but are quite dangerous now. What has changed?

[@root3183]

In 2022, due to rising electricity prices, the Swedish Ministry of Finance will provide a subsidy of up to 6,000 Swedish kronor per household for households that use more than 2,000 kWh of electricity per month. I was shocked when I saw this news report. The more electricity a family uses, doesn't it mean that they have more appliances and living space in their home, and the more wealth the family has? Why does the government choose to subsidize high-income people instead of the poor? Later, I thought about it carefully and understood that in the government, media, parliament and other institutions that determine national policies and moral standards, there are almost no poor people or people who care about the poor. They just pretend to care about the poor during the election, and after the election, they use the power they have gained to seek more wealth for themselves. Back to the topic of Germany, the changes in the German social environment are partly due to Germany's failure to prevent the United States from constantly creating wars and subverting regimes in the Middle East and Africa, resulting in a large influx of refugees into Europe. Merkel's wrong choice is to accept these American-made refugees. After refugees entered Europe, it was difficult for them to find jobs due to their low education level. Eventually, some of them broke free from the shackles of morality and embarked on the path of crimes such as theft, robbery, drug trafficking, and rape, which in turn stimulated the resurgence of extreme nationalist crimes in Germany, and ultimately led to the deterioration of social security. At the same time, after Merkel left office, Germany abandoned its policy of preventing Ukraine from joining NATO to avoid angering Russia and triggering a war. As expected, the United States successfully used Ukraine to intensify the hostility between Europe and Russia. After the bombing of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline, Germany completely lost its economic strategy of using Russia's cheap energy to enhance the competitiveness of German manufacturing in the world market, which eventually led to many German companies transferring their production capacity to other countries, causing a serious blow to the German economy and employment. The deterioration of the economy has led to the deterioration of employment and work income, and the crime rate is bound to rise. What is terrible is that the German government is still cooperating with the United States in such a severe situation and is hostile to China, its largest customer. So the worst situation in Germany has not yet come. In the next few years, we will see a further deterioration of the German economy and social security.

[@boogiemarsh]

Personally, I have always been curious to know the crime rate difference between HK and the mainland?

[@budimanalbert6129]

you can see unattended store in china where buyers pay for what they buy themselves. did you see that in US? i believe the store will be empty immediately along with cash register

[@thtupid]

@@budimanalbert6129 he meant HK vs China. Not China vs USA.

[@peanut0brain]

​@@budimanalbert6129they have unattended stores in sk too. Just grab and pay, all watched by cams lol

[@sarahk441]

Between HK and mainland China. I don't need to search the internet the difference between US of A and mainland China​, as road rage and mass sh00ting shared frequently in news and yt channel. But like what @boogiemarsh said, the crime rate between HK and mainland is a curiosity I like to know the answer to @@budimanalbert6129

[@maxdc988]

The West is proud of their great freedom. So anyone there have the freedom to take anything they want at their favorite retailers without paying. 😂😂😂

[@may-zy7ju]

😆😆😆

[@longyou8254]

Thx for the update

[@beyondschool]

American poverty is a factor too. Low wages, high cost of living--some surely steal because they're broke and in need.

[@jimmyli5475]

When ppl think they can have a career in crime.

[@Bigdave123]

When only few people becomes rich in a country, then theft is ehtical.

[@Brookhaven_evil]

Theft is never ethic.

[@questworldmatrix]

Uh, no. Clearly you're up there with the likes that equate destroying other countries as "freedom and democracy" now.

[@darkcloud5830]

@@Brookhaven_evil If you live in a corrupted country like the US, theft is ethical. They live on stealing as long as nobody snitches and if they do they get stitches.

[@donHooligan]

#EatTheRich

[@denislim123]

Your comment simply reflects your lack of morals. There is no justification for theft, period.

[@michaelfung4629]

Australians will say they have more freedom 😂

[@yunsi7954]

Freedom to take what is not yours

[@PVLTD]

And yet, they are still plenty of Hong Kongers never appreciated HK and wanted to move to the west so that their children can be second or third class citizens for the rest of their lives.

[@HTeo-og1lg]

I sympathise with their posterity, not them. Because bad decision made as a result of ignorance or stupidity (nearly always) require exacting a price for the decision, good or bad.

[@kaiki8490]

A bit off topic. But can we get Nury to talk about what was happening in Muxidi Beijing, as it seems to be used to promote the Tiansmen square narrati e

[@Zerpentsa6598]

",Freedom and democracy ' ensures people can fulfill their full potential, including the urge to acquire by being highly competitive and courageous. 😂

[@anton1713]

what happened to the video about the diabetes cure?

[@nowchanlahkesis9691]

Love your message but hair is optional from extreme heat ' iv found an audience looks at even hair 😂 ' every thing we steal is recorded in a big book a judgment n that book opens many are gonna say wtf god🎉😅

[@Christine-l1b]

Evil has fallen and stuck in a void of non fullfillment. Punishment from source 😊

[@johnkauai5865]

"My Father, a New Yorker?"

[@gumonmyshu]

I remember the days when supermarkets and gas stations use to have stacks of sodas and goods outside here in America. What happened?

[@phils4634]

We've not visited HK, but we regularly visit Guangzhou (Canton Trade Fair). Despite the fact that we are very obviously European, we've never had any unpleasant interactions there. Walking at night is just as safe as during the day, and the locals are very approachable, even more so if you bother to learn even a little Mandarin.

[@vishnughandi9845]

I will settle the debate once and for all with the uncomfortable truth that many in the west might not want to acknowledge like their failing economy and morals and values, it’s because Chinese society in general not saying everyone because there are some bad apples in every group but generally speaking they’re more disciplined and respectful, and I would say that goes with the other East Asian societies as well.

[@prismgems]

About 25% of the US population was not born in the US. They were raised in cultures that are different, and in many cases, those were cultures of desperation, where people routinely engage in corruption or crime. That will do a number on any society, but the US didn't help by ending its unofficial policy of integration, being a melting pot, as represented by 'e pluribus unum'. Instead, they began celebrating 'differences' and 'multiculturalism'. Like throwing water on a fire, as far as social trust is concerned.

[@vonduus]

To me the reason is obvious: Austerity. People who have no money is forced to steal to avoid starvation. Societies as USA and the UK have virtually no social programs to help poor people, so poor people have to steal or commit robberies. Hence the trust issues: If you have been robbed, you will probably have a hard time trusting other people in the future.

[@impressionfirst8577]

😢😢😢

[@prajnaparamitahrdaya]

Sinple question, any kids in China go to school without adults?

[@hyc1266]

Just like the normal in the world, older kids go to school by themselves. I went to my kindergarten by myself 60 years ago when I was 6 in HK.

[@vercingetorix5708]

Japan is a high trust society with free press, and they are a democracy so I think #2 and #3 is wrong. I think it almost entirely boils down #1

[@JaDoo-tx7qg]

😂Interesting་video་❤

[@nmew6926]

In US security service is big business because of insecurity. This of course inflates the national GDP figure, just like exorbitant rents and exorbitant health care cost.

[@snapper69996666]

China is amazing

[@andreashauschild7757]

I think anybody that has lived in the USA and in China knows the difference in crime, especially violent crime. Now there is a certain amount of non violent crime pending on the area. Certain areas have pick pocket problems, certain areas people will steal stuff. But because of video surveillance most repeat crimes in this category are solved and the criminals are sentenced to jail. Simply the fact that most people can be tracked through this surveillance system allows the police to locate these offenders in most cases. And by punishing crime hard, there is most times no repeat of it. So proper resources to monitor and investigate and a justice system that punishes crime stamps out most of these crimes.

[@hyc1266]

US stores and homes all have surveillance cameras but are not connected to the police.

[@imabbqurazz5251]

It’s not higher trust, it’s higher consciousness.

[@ladygracienyc2029]

India is the exception. Crime is similar to Europe and America there

[@thedeven1]

Good video but your explanations are idealist. Assuming that ideas and philosophy drive real world consequences. In reality the cost of living difference may be the reason for the different cultures

[@hyc1266]

HK has high cost of living, comparable to NYC in the US.

[@SAMARTBO]

USA land of freedom

[@azharidris7092]

i hope this channel can do a video about what that Sinophobe Tucker Carlson said about China in Australia.. its quite shocking at the level of hate and ignorance's..

[@kevinxu5299]

It's all based on morals and how developed a culture is. Chinese culture is the most developed since it's the only one in humanity that's based on many philosophies combined together. Religion is the lower step of moral development and last step is no philosophy or religion.

[@williamchy7817]

Huge differences.

[@rulorcboe]

Well said. Can't agree more.

[@SpookyxSausage]

ay lets be real here, don't call hong kongers chinese kthx

[@crazyjohnhoward]

I wish I live in HK

[@zahrans]

Why did you borrow your background from 'Doomcock'? 😆

[@DanBurgaud]

1:45 I attest that THIS is true!

[@ninetyminutestd]

Trust or survellience and law enforcement? I was in China recently and for ordinary metro/subway entrance, everyone had to go thru security checks akin to those used at airports. If there is such high trust, why are these security checks needed for daily public transportation? For every entrance into a museum or tourist site, everyone had to scan their national ID or passport. I enjoyed my trip to Hong Kong and China and I did feel very safe. The question is what security and privacy intrusions will we tolerate in exchange for security?

[@banarama4144]

Countries with of experience of terrorism have security measures in specific public spaces.

[@momokui]

Well, even in China there is high trust society, but it is not a perfect utopia, hence the security check, duh!

[@ninetyminutestd]

Right, so apply the same duh logic to the video. How much of the difference is really about trust? Or could it also be about governmental oversight and survellience? Hence my last sentence about compromise between individual freedom and government security.

[@ninetyminutestd]

You do not go thru a metal detector to ride subway in New York. And you may recall or know of the terrorism that happened there. Same for London. I'm not disputing any country's right to security measures. I'm just questioning this video's high and low trust explanation for some cherry picked incidents and anecdotes.

[@hyc1266]

@@ninetyminutestd Police are stationed in all major subway stations in NYC. In NYC, there is a police car in every few blocks but they can't stop the crimes. Doesn't matter how do you want to view it, the bottom line is China can stop crimes while US and the west can't. The gov't of the US and the west are just incompetent. If you want to count surveillance cameras, U S could have the same amount or ratio as in China. The only difference is the cameras in China are installed by the gov't while in the US/west, the cameras are installed by the property owners. Even my own cheap house has 4 surveillance cameras in NYC.

[@axli13]

Kudos to hongkongrians

[@wlyiu4057]

is that even a word?

[@peanut0brain]

Hong kongers or Hong kongees😂

[@karpabla]

You have made very good points 👍 I have to say that in the West there are some variations. What you describe is more like "anglo" or "anglized" countries. For example, in Mediterranean countries, safety is pretty good. I have regularly seen, for example, minor age girls walking alone at 1 am , sometimes in solitary locations. The ratio of crime is comparatively low. Apart from Mediterranean West countries, Nordic countries have a good record on safety, anfpd they tend to be more coesive too. However, apart from those nuances, I liked your video a lot! Let's remember how the Japanese population behaved in the terrible 2011 catastrophe... A huge lesson for the world.

[@yunsi7954]

Western value