I don’t think violent enforcement is required. But it’s at the very least “strict”. But this strictness seems to be parents educating their children. Adults living in a village will need eachother, and quickly recognize the value of befriending and helping eachother. If you’ve lived there 2 or 3 generations, then there’s no malicious actions with a positive expected utility available to you.
These factors decrease when the younger generation starts moving to big cities looking for jobs. There’s simply too many people there. Besides the places that you go frequently, you will experience that most people are strangers.
Diversity is a problem when the diversity conflicts with the rules. It doesn’t matter if you believe in God or Karma as long as the outcome is that you don’t steal where theft is illegal. And if you go to a community which is both high-trust and diverse, you should (according to my intuition) find that everyone has lived there for many years already, long enough to come to an understanding and agreement.
Finally, rules are like police. They help enforce the norms of said society, but they’re also a symptom that enforcement is needed. It’s not the places with the most rules and police which are the safest, nor is it necessarily the ones with the least. When you arrive at a place where rules and police are rarely needed—that’s when you know that you’ve found a good community!
I don’t think violent enforcement is required. But it’s at the very least “strict”. But this strictness seems to be parents educating their children. Adults living in a village will need eachother, and quickly recognize the value of befriending and helping eachother. If you’ve lived there 2 or 3 generations, then there’s no malicious actions with a positive expected utility available to you.
These factors decrease when the younger generation starts moving to big cities looking for jobs. There’s simply too many people there. Besides the places that you go frequently, you will experience that most people are strangers.
Diversity is a problem when the diversity conflicts with the rules. It doesn’t matter if you believe in God or Karma as long as the outcome is that you don’t steal where theft is illegal. And if you go to a community which is both high-trust and diverse, you should (according to my intuition) find that everyone has lived there for many years already, long enough to come to an understanding and agreement.
Finally, rules are like police. They help enforce the norms of said society, but they’re also a symptom that enforcement is needed. It’s not the places with the most rules and police which are the safest, nor is it necessarily the ones with the least. When you arrive at a place where rules and police are rarely needed—that’s when you know that you’ve found a good community!