2/ There are two groups, A and B. There are more members of A than there are of B. Members of A enjoy a privileged position in that they can profitably exploit members of B. Thus, B prefers to interact with B, where they have a greater expectation of fairness.
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3/ B needs to construct signals easily received by members of B and less recognizable by members of A. But, some of these signals become associated with secondary, positive social characteristics. Members of A adopt them, hoping to – literally – appropriate the positive value.
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4/ Members of A may sincerely appreciate the adopted signal. And, it may eventually lead to acculturation and assimilation, normalizing the standing of B relative to A. But, it doesn't do so *instantaneously*.
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5/ Instead, in the short term, it tends to annihilate the suitability of the signal to members of B. That is, It destroys strategically useful and accessible information for the already short-stacked group.
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6/ It's reflexively (and emotionally) rejected by rational skeptics™ et al. because – demographically speaking – they belong to the A groups. They don't see the signaling value lost by members of B because they've never needed such a device.
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7/ And, rather than considering whether or not they could unintentionally cause harm, they reject the claimed harm. "My intentions were good, so fuck you for criticizing me."
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