@TRobinsonNewEra It's because white people are so unimaginably arrogant that they can't imagine not being above everybody else it's so sad (and I'm white)
@curtdoolittle "(b) they may find defection to another tribe advantageous (hypergamy)" This is the most interesting point, I wonder if multiethnic diversity in the environment plays a role in that it increases tournament mating so of course people will be drawn to outgroups for sexual success
@whatifalthist was totally mind blowing to go to Switzerland and realize that suburban/rural Ohio (where I grew up) is richer and cleaner than Switzerland. Ohio is the richest cleanest place on the planet. (Aside from most of the cities, where Switzerland does come out on top, admittedly)
@wdavidmarx I think they are often adopted instrumentally *for* distinction by lower income people who want to adopt the views of the wealthier communities
@wdavidmarx longtime fan of your writing here (since the neomarxisme days) but your luxury beliefs pieces was pretty bad, lots of strawmanning and seeming to misunderstand the points that people who use the term "luxury beliefs" are trying to express
@SoC_trilogy@repligate@JessicaRumbelow@mrejfox@rgblong@PeterTodd_ "Hideo Kojima" and it doesn't know who Hideo Kojima is, it won't give me pictures of him but it will give me pictures of a Japanese man because it's a Japanese man's name for example. I'm guessing petertodd is doing the same thing basically
@SoC_trilogy@repligate@JessicaRumbelow@mrejfox@rgblong@PeterTodd_ ...whatever it imagines/has the context to believe about "Peter Todd". I have also noticed that when I am doing AI generated art, if I put in a person's name that it doesn't recognize, it will make its best guess about the ethnicity/appearance of that person (like if I choose