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6/ since this method also builds a network/community/friendships they are also hard to get out of. someone may be good at one thing and terrible at another but we have to be nice and maintain the relationship

7/ with “what you have” the proof is more objective. if someone HAS a lot of gold or cars or legos then they very likely are very good at getting that stuff. you can directly ask “hey, can u help me get some gold too?”

8/ the downside of course is that maybe they STOLE that gold and their advice to you will be “no problem, come steal with me”

9/ when everyone lived in small communities “who you know” was preferred. just like you just know which of your friends is good at what video games a small community just “knows” who is best at what

10/ however as we built cities and increased ability to travel and communicate over long distances we started interacting with STRANGERS more than friends. in some cities you’d see hundreds or even thousands of strangers for each friend. there was just no way to “know” everyone

11/ some places decided to decree and Iron Law. they said “everyone is your Brother and Sister, we are all Comrades” but just like sometimes you’ll say someone is your friend, deep down you’re faking it bc he or she just isn’t nice and you don’t want to share your cookie

12/ so you lie and say that you don’t have a cookie or hand over a plastic cookie. because everyone is FORCED to be friends what happens is there are no cookies anymore because no one can tell the truth

13/ other places did the opposite. they embraced “what you have” the havers would tell the non-havers what to do. sometimes they’d lie of course just because as you know, being Boss can be pretty fun!