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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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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Non-assholes have selfish motivations that they're not fully aware of. Women choose to date rich/powerful men irrespective of how they got it. People associate with those who managed to win because it benefits them in particular.
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