1980s cultural panic about child safety that allegedly transformed society from high-trust to low-trust, destroyed communities, and atomized individuals while actually making children more vulnerable.
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"I'm convinced that the 1980s stranger danger pandemic and the general increased objective of safety at any cost during childhood has destroyed communities and cultures like nothing else. I believe the overemphasis on singular and rare kidnappings has turned us from a high trust to a low trust societ"