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it's egoic insurance rather than reality insurance though since wrongness doesn't dilute, it multiplies. if millions people are wrong about blaming jewish people for Literally Everything, it doesn't dampen the effect of wrongness but amplifies it in reality while preserving ego

different segments of the group have different freedoms in being 'wrong' since the social punishment affects differently. e.g. women tend to be more affected by social ostracization, both in ability to to make a living as well as psychologically.

thus women have less opportunity to be "wrong". this creates double standards in opportunities to lead high-stakes negotiations, creative exploration, etc... but also reduces "opportunity" to end up in prison.

it also implies that the capacity for group violence and pressure for group homogenization is proportional to how "Right" the group needs to be.

homogenization is a critical part of moral group insurance as well since in a perfect world w/ nothing Other to compare against, there is no way to notice that you are wrong and no way to measure degree of wrongness.https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1359515502582763520?s=20 …

the end result is that choosing group morality over individual morality can be completely totalizing. you have to swallow the entire body of moral judgement. there is no freedom to choose, rethink, rework, criticize, re-interpret, etc...

veganism for e.g. is often tied to other moral superiorities. cats, as obligate carnivores, have to prove themselves more b/c they can't do the vegan thing. just like a black guy born in china needs to be extra extra extra chinese to be accepted by the chinese community.