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Being pushed for a technologically illiterate ex headteacher as usual.

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[–] iii@mander.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I've always wondered why

I think the high trust to low trust societal spectrum is a major explanator (1).

No need to police the other if you believe you've, more or less, each other's best interest at heart. It's that that's disappeared.

UK has always been a thrown together of multiple countries and colonies, with remaining animosity. They've been a low trust society (at least at the national level) for longer than other countries have.

That's my guess at least.