Controversial opinion: "what I think is true" and "my opinion" are and should be different things.
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Why might one want personal loyalty over other kinds of help? Why not, say, want people to help you because it's in their best interest?
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Not sure, but probably personal loyalty matters if one expects to be in zero-sum conflicts or conflicts between groups of kin. Conflicts where there's no systematic reason why one side *should* win, except that they're close to you through personal affiliations.
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My opinion (performative, bien sur!) is that we *are* in such conflicts, quite often, and that therefore we *need* performative identities. Preaching "just drop all your badges and uniforms" is preaching unconditional surrender, which is unhelpful.
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This part seems wrong. Far more personal loyalty is won by other things besides "performing distinctive opinions", eg - Being charismatic via humor, warmth, etc, not opinions - Status via achieving things, not having opinions - Showing willingness to help, stick up for, friends
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Also, isn’t loyalty mostly a function of a particular _relationship_, rather than the parties by themselves? E.g. my friend might be utterly bland, but our relationship has its own history; we’ve both invested in it. I care less that he’s bland so long as he’s _my_ bland friend.
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