America is a high-trust society.

toephu2 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Japan is a high-trust society. America is the opposite.

	▲	skohan 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The US is medium trust.
	▲	tgma 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Everything is relative, but fair enough.

paxy 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

More like - America is a high-litigation society.

	▲	tgma 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don't believe threat of litigation alone explains the extent of it. The way an American company, esp a reputable one like Google, conducts itself internally is different. There will be much more internal backlash to do the wrong thing way before litigation.