(draft) some levels of tolerance in the SSC sense 1. actively supporting/defending outgroups weird habits 2. paying Outgroup no mind 3. avoiding Outgroup when possible 4. taking actions likely to harm Outgroup (negligent) 5. taking actions likely to harm Outgroup (malice)
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While I support (1) when possible group relations at (2) and (3) are vastly preferable to those at (4) and (5) and I wish people would put more weight on the notion of second-bests and on /relatively/ good outcomes
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Trying to force (1) by progressively more coercive means is I think likely to backfire in the long or even medium term. I think you only get their from bottom up dynamics, trying to force it from the top probably fosters mutual resentment
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And when there are genuine and insoluble disputes between groups (1) is likely impossible in any case. Inna final analysis (2) and (3) are pretty good compared to the set of likely alternatives.
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I think that's right.
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