PET PEEVE: Theorists who use "superstition" as a buck-stopping explanation for broad patterns of human behavior. Below: A passage from "The Origins of Political Order" by Francis Fukuyamapic.twitter.com/gEGTidYCuW
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Number of possible options of how 4th cousin will behave toward *you* significantly smaller than in the case of a stranger, so you start with a better field for mutual assumption of benevolence.
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This is needlessly complicated
as an Asian it’s as simple as this: extended family is roughly akin to gang affiliation. You may not care about your cousin but you care about the family - 1 more reply
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Because 4th cousin will also expect more likelihood of benevolence from you
You're correct in that *any* reference point (which creates a reduced field) works as it relaxes people : gives us this mutually assumed self-fulfilling prophecy of little-bit-nicerness. Humans.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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