They’re trying justify making the selfish choice in the prisoner’s dilemma and abusing the trust that is so useful to cooperative/polite society.
They also get annoyed if coperative society is rational enough to slap them with the reciprocity they deserve after being found out for being a twat.
But I think they rationally they do want a 2-tier society, where lots of people in one tier cooperate to build trust and wealth (generally using trust instead of lawyers), then their tier extorts that wealth. And they find ways to protect themselves from consequences (generally using lawyers).
I’m sure many of the brainwashed masses don’t know which tier they’re in though.
Hayduke@lemmy.world 1 day ago
With rational, well-adjusted, reasonable people, absolutely. With chest-puffing brainwashed conservatives, it is somehow a handicap.
oo1@lemmings.world 22 hours ago
They’re trying justify making the selfish choice in the prisoner’s dilemma and abusing the trust that is so useful to cooperative/polite society.
They also get annoyed if coperative society is rational enough to slap them with the reciprocity they deserve after being found out for being a twat.
But I think they rationally they do want a 2-tier society, where lots of people in one tier cooperate to build trust and wealth (generally using trust instead of lawyers), then their tier extorts that wealth. And they find ways to protect themselves from consequences (generally using lawyers).
I’m sure many of the brainwashed masses don’t know which tier they’re in though.
Hayduke@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
That does seem to be the thought process. Too bad the majority of them don’t realize they are on the bottom rung with (most of) the rest of us.