Very excited for there to be definitely no differences between stereotypical malefactors and actual malefactors; no differences between stereotypical maleficence and actual maleficence; very excited for there to be no gameable cultural impressions about what makes a person a probable malefactor
… Not to imply that any gaming that would take place would be intentional, of course.
This isn’t to say no coordination happens. I expect a little coordination happens openly, through prosocial slogans, just to overcome free rider problems. Remember Trivers’ theory of self-deception – that if something is advantageous to us, we naturally and unconsciously make up explanations for why it’s a good prosocial policy, and then genuinely believe those explanations. If you are rich and want to oppress the poor, you can come up with some philosophy of trickle-down or whatever that makes it sound good. Then you can talk about it with other rich people openly, no secret organizations in smoke-filled rooms necessary, and set up think tanks together. If you’re in the patriarchy, you can push nice-sounding things about gender roles and family values. There is no secret layer beneath the public layer – no smoke-filled room where the rich people get together and say “Let’s push prosocial slogans about rising tides, so that secretly we can dominate everything”. It all happens naturally under the hood, and the Basic Argument isn’t violated.”
Very excited for there to be definitely no differences between stereotypical malefactors and actual malefactors; no differences between stereotypical maleficence and actual maleficence; very excited for there to be no gameable cultural impressions about what makes a person a probable malefactor
… Not to imply that any gaming that would take place would be intentional, of course.
https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/01/14/too-many-people-dare-call-it-conspiracy/