Exactly, I think it's a good heuristic that people who ask for loyalty don't deserve that loyalty. People who do deserve it rarely have to ask, because they are

Exactly, I think it's a good heuristic that people who ask for loyalty don't deserve that loyalty. People who do deserve it rarely have to ask, because they are busy turning the situation into a win-win, or at least symmetric in risk-profit, so that you both take a risk for profit, and if the risk is realized you are in the same boat, rather than you in the sea, and them sitting comfortably somewhere else.