Comment by throwitaway222

I trust the government waaaay more than a business. If there is a camera, and someone steals my wallet, and they see who did it. They know it was Bob Pickens who took my wallet. My trust in government erodes if Bob Pickens isn't in jail by noon tomorrow. There are many countries in the world right now where that scenario has iron clad trust. In SA Bob Pickens would have his hand taken. That's a bit extreme, but in the US there's literally no guarantee Bob won't be in jail, and in fact stealing other people's wallets, on camera.

When those kinds of trusts start breaking down, the world can get very scary, very quickly.