Sometimes I have a crazy intuition like “if people just categorically refused to work with anybody who seemed untrustworthy or “fake” or trying to take advantage, the world would be better.”
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Like, this is conservatism, what you’re saying, and it isn’t unreasonable!
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But the “hippie” or “Quaker” or “Randian” intuition is like “look. We have no real shortage of positive-sum contributors in the world. They tolerate assholes because they’re *confused* and think “maybe it’s just me, maybe that guy isn’t an asshole and I’m just missing something.”
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Societies with cousin marriage &/or strong extended family loyalty are corrupt because people favour family connections over merit. Each family cooperates with itself but defects against all others. The overall utility is lower
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This is a problem in many areas, including the Balkans, but also AFAIK Africa, Pakistan, central Asia, Latin America etc.
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