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Most, if not all, major religions wisely provide a process for the absolution of past sins. Generally, believers regularly get a chance to ask for and receive forgiveness, which encourages social renewal. Also, a sinner could move from one community to another and, for better or worse, try to rebuild their reputation. [Niche construction]. By contrast, the modern American culture doesn't offer forgiveness for old transgressions. Moreover, it barely offers forgiveness for past actions that might have turned into sin only recently, after the emergence of new moral standards. In a way, the new moral law seems to be applied randomly, retroactively and without much mercy. This is not a good recipe for building public trust in difficult times.