Modernity breaks the correlation between individual strength and collective well-being. The fates of societies often end up depending on the behaviors of weakling train wrecks with One Weird Trick, while strong people stand aground useless and frustrated.
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This doesn’t mean the weak rule, despite Ayn Rand paranoia about craven parasites. It just means strength (felt or actual) is relatively randomly present in both rulers and ruled. Strength is ironically not the most strongly selected variable in complex societies.
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