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I think the doctrine of an eye for an eye is alive and well in the West. It seems to be a part of the human condition. However, rejecting it isn't cowardice. I

• DyslexicAtheist 5y ago
  > However, rejecting it isn't cowardice. It's spiritual growth. sure is. it's also what gives us the feeling we have a right (if not duty if you add religion or moral arguments) to forcefully integrate these societies (for the purpose of taxation / corvée / slavery) the way we have done it since thousands of years. Oldest example perhaps China's expanding kingdoms creating hill tribes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_C._Scott#The_Art_of_Not_Being_Governed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_C._Scott#The_Art_of_Not_...
• bingbong70 5y ago
  Taleb's point was systems become fragile when participants (especially if powerful) have little to no skin in the game. It is a form of cowardice to immune oneself from accountability but also worse, it introduces large (and usually growing) systemic risks that cannot be avoided.