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Writer, software person, armchair anthropologist, dilettante. All genders, all political opinions welcome. Book: https://amzn.com/0190495995/ 

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    1. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler Jul 14
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      "Understanding just what made liberal values viable starting in the late 1700s, and why they were not before, will be crucial to their survival into the future." I'm hooked

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    2. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler Jul 14
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      This seems like a really underappreciated point. (Certainly it has been underappreciated by _me_, historically ;)pic.twitter.com/28aqKGB5o4

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    3. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler Jul 14
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      Related to the above, my mind harkens to these paragraphs from https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2009/01/gentle-introduction-to-unqualified_29/ …, which I'm still not sure what to make ofpic.twitter.com/YzuzJd4kmh

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    4. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler Jul 14
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      "...defines state capacity as a combination of fiscal capacity, 'the state’s ability to raise tax revenue' in a regular, predictable, and non-distortive way, and administrative capacity, 'the state’s ability to enforce rules in a consistent way.'" ^^ seems a v useful distinction

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    5. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler Jul 14
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      I've opened the North and Weingast article in a new tab, but may never get around to reading it. Would really love some examples to illustrate the self-binding/making commitments dynamic. If I vaguely recall something about Aztec sacrifices here, would I be on base?pic.twitter.com/B5xiXjxqXp

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    6. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler Jul 14
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      SO GOODpic.twitter.com/1i3oDWEQYd

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    7. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler Jul 14
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      "I find Michael Mann’s distinction between a state’s despotic power and its infrastructural power useful." despotic P: ability of state actors to have their wishes obeyed (e.g., not countermanded) infrastructural P: ability of the state to actually implement political decisions

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    8. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler Jul 14
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      Good payoff of newly introduced conceptspic.twitter.com/xr6XfpWOti

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    9. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler Jul 14
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      First time I encountered this idea (that religion and politics are substitutes) was in an Edge essay by Jonathan Haidt (attached in second image), and it blew my mind. Yours is more precise though. Haidt: https://www.edge.org/conversation/jonathan_haidt-what-makes-people-vote-republican …pic.twitter.com/pr0hFp3kr4

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    10. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler Jul 14
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      😬pic.twitter.com/LFspQ6WtOV

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      Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler Jul 14
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      @literalbanana I see you liked this tweet (sorry for making a “like” explicit, I know it’s gauche!). IIRC you tweeted some passages recently about politics and religion as canopies making room for other levels of organization (e.g. sports leagues). Can you find and link?

      10:23 PM - 14 Jul 2019
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        1. Ordinary Banana‏ @literalbanana Jul 14
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          oh yeah - the middle organization level (between kinship and unbundled state)https://twitter.com/literalbanana/status/1147191358827839488 …

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          “The game is the thing.” (Alan Macfarlane, The Making of the Modern World) pic.twitter.com/4R8zuO3qJW
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        2. Paul Hundred‏ @paul_hundred Jul 14
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          Yeah you’re not gonna get much exit and entry on the level of politics/religion (=antagonistic cleavages), which is ofc the problem with eg clannishness as opposed to free but costly movement between clubs.

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