>I dislike these beliefs that idealize a world with no trust or cooperation. Humans are social animals and we do our best when we work together. I agree. Remem

>I dislike these beliefs that idealize a world with no trust or cooperation. Humans are social animals and we do our best when we work together. I agree. Remember, cooperation and trust brought you such gems as: The Trail of Tears Jim Crow Standard Oil The Holocaust MKULTRA COINTELPRO The War on Drugs WWII internment camps The Rwandan Genocide The Uiyghur genocide Systemic Human Rights abuses Plenty of other bits and bobs of nastyness no one wants to admit to. The problem with cooperation without strict limits, is that cooperation is the "might makes right" of our time. Network effects are a hell of a superpower, and like all superpowers, there is a responsibility to really consider whether the world truly is a better place with it. When you build these social constructs, you're putting a lot of motive power into potentially only precious few hands. Cooperation and trust is all good when you're the one watching the local outgroup get curb stomped. Woe be unto the ingroup that becomes the outgroup due to lack of foresight. I like humans that aren't focusing on targeting other groups of humans.