It is a good heuristic in low-trust, tribalist societies—which probably account for most of the world’s population. Southern/Mediterranean Europe and Latin America are well-known to be somewhat nepotist/tribalist (though not nearly as bad as the Middle East), so my prior is for Poland to be quite similar, overall.
It is a good heuristic in low-trust, tribalist societies—which probably account for most of the world’s population. Southern/Mediterranean Europe and Latin America are well-known to be somewhat nepotist/tribalist (though not nearly as bad as the Middle East), so my prior is for Poland to be quite similar, overall.