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The family analogy is heart-warming, but scaled up to a societal/country level it can lead to destructive practices like nepotism and tribalism.
by jbarham 14y ago
The family analogy is heart-warming, but scaled up to a societal/country level it can lead to destructive practices like nepotism and tribalism.
- 3pt14159 14y agoThe way I usually say it is like this: Communism works best between two spouses, a little worse with immediate family, a little worse with extended family, a little worse with orthodox religious communities. People can see the trend. As the number of people that get involved goes up the total number of connections goes up n + 1 choose two and the chance that you deeply care for them goes down.