I have read about my country in the past one story in which the writer saied that the shops were so colse to each other in the cloth area , he went to one shop and found that the owner wasn't in there, so the owner of the adjacent shop came along and sold him what he needed and left the price on the desk of the abscent neighbour , he didn't try to take the customer to his shop , penefit wasn't a fight or a competition, and relationships between people were very deep , that shop owner knew that if he ever needed anything his neighbour would help , so he didn't need to fight him over customers, life wasn't all about who get's what because he knew that people will never leave him in need, there is pure love and brotherhood , no need to compete .
it's the fight concept , that "I" want "I" need , that made every body afaid of each other ,afraid of getting used, materialism even in emotions became part of most people so most relations .
Most people now think about what you can give them emotionally or whatever, instead of what can they give you,mostly never think of you , it's like Ghada saied selfishness became the biggest word in most relations even the close ones .
i think that's one main reason why people can't trust each other these days .
pardon my engish .