The missing trust

Why are we that way, I wonder but clearly we as Indians don't trust anybody. At work, we don't trust our managers or colleagues or the customer. At school and college we don't trust our teachers. On the road we don't trust the fellow travelers. At home we don't trust our family members or our neighbors. Forget trusting our politicians, the milkman, the grocer, autowalla...

It does not require rocket science to figure out how we came about to being what we are. If we have no time to internalize what we learn, how will we trust. Our socialist structure created nothing but mistrust. When we have always believed that there is a fixed pie which has to be shared, how do we trust the other guy to be fair? We have grown up in a constant fear, of our share being taken away by someone else so how can we trust?

Aren't we loosing out because of this? Nothing big can stand on a single pillar but if we continue to not trust each other, how do we make a bridge? How do we archive something larger than oneself. Isn't this leading to a vicious cycle where the trustworthy are getting squeezed being doubted all the time, getting frustrated and getting out of the system. For sure the system is doing nothing to build trust, cause it makes it harder for the system to exploit you. So shouldn't we be taking the first step to break this cycle?