Trust is a key aspect of what has formed human intelligence, I think. Being able to work in groups of the 'Dunbar Number' size had a huge evolutionary advantage, but it doesn't work if you have to establish everything form scratch all the time. You become too slow, as a group. The edges of this is 'trust by the untrustworthy' (or honour among thieves) where the pattern frays.
More broadly speaking, fostering a system of illegality and corruption enables and strengthens the dictator. I have seen this first hand in countries such as Azerbaijan. When the constructed system requires you to shake people down for bribes in order to survive, then very few people will have the moral authority to rally resistance to the dictator.
Biker gangs, which I have (fortunately) little experience, work this way. I would hazard a guess other gangs, like MS-13, Crips/Bloods etc. would do the same. Initiations, tattoos, colors, signs. Rituals, uniforms, and shared signs and language to bind together. Military is an obvious parallel.
I find the notion that there is some organization, even a very loose one, of "bros" completely laughable. And the notion that there is some "bro code" even more laughable. Add them together with story about criminals and what have you got ?? A grand insinuation which is the set up for another conspiracy theory, this time about Musk (oh he must be doing something bad or about to do something bad).
Trust is a key aspect of what has formed human intelligence, I think. Being able to work in groups of the 'Dunbar Number' size had a huge evolutionary advantage, but it doesn't work if you have to establish everything form scratch all the time. You become too slow, as a group. The edges of this is 'trust by the untrustworthy' (or honour among thieves) where the pattern frays.
This is an astute observation about codes of loyalty that rely on mutual bad behavior.
More broadly speaking, fostering a system of illegality and corruption enables and strengthens the dictator. I have seen this first hand in countries such as Azerbaijan. When the constructed system requires you to shake people down for bribes in order to survive, then very few people will have the moral authority to rally resistance to the dictator.
Why not the example of the Republican party? Their acts of immorality-signaling are demonstrably extreme.
Biker gangs, which I have (fortunately) little experience, work this way. I would hazard a guess other gangs, like MS-13, Crips/Bloods etc. would do the same. Initiations, tattoos, colors, signs. Rituals, uniforms, and shared signs and language to bind together. Military is an obvious parallel.
Brilliant observation that cooperation requires compatible orientation to normative systems.
I find the notion that there is some organization, even a very loose one, of "bros" completely laughable. And the notion that there is some "bro code" even more laughable. Add them together with story about criminals and what have you got ?? A grand insinuation which is the set up for another conspiracy theory, this time about Musk (oh he must be doing something bad or about to do something bad).
I _live_ for comments like this. So thank you.
please explain
oh that would spoil the fun
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