Your experience has been mine as well GOPster. My mother for instance believes that most people are inherently good, she’s never had an enemy in her whole 67 years, But she does admit they are getting worse as time goes by...I, on the other hand have not had such good interactions with other people. From the time I was young. Heck, an example I can relate that popped into my mind...When I was a relatively new driver at 18 I was going down the road and must have cut this guy off or something...I don’t even know what it was...but as he drove past he called me a “F’ing C**t” thing is I recognized him from the church I had gone to with my parents up until a year prior. At another point some guy rear-ended me and got out of his car angry and calling me all kinds of names. My father even went to the police station to complain and it turns out the guy was a fireman in town. Last year there was an incident where I and a guy were both at fault, I turned my car around to apologize to him for my part in it, he ignored me and made threatening motions, proceeded to get my plate and called the cops (one of who came into the building I was at, and he LIED to them, not admitting his part, stating that I screamed at him and HE felt threatened.
I do not trust people. Too many have wronged me. Too many I’ve encountered have been liars, vindictive, mean, or plain crazy.
There you go: Multiple examples of societal decay.
And isn’t not going to get better. Brace yourself as much as you can and avoid dealings with “them” as much as you can.
And remember those that have wronged you.
“Revenge is a dish best served cold.”