Last time I said that respect and trust are faster gone than we think.
And not only on a personal level, it can also even affect others with the same labels, aka groups.
Even when you didn’t do anything, it can be gone because of a peer.
Doctors, teachers, and police are good examples.
All demand respect out of their profession or their uniform.
Because of historical reasons, they get it to a certain degree. That was fine on a societal level.
Until too many bad apples spoil it.
Then it goes downhills for everybody in those groups.
And even the base trust and respect are gone.
To a point where folks mistrust them in general until proven otherwise.
Which leads to a respectless and trustless world.
Sad, isn’t it?
But luckily not hopeless.
Because it can be re-earned by the good apples and we’d need to weed the bad ones out.
Now, are you a good or bad apple?