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Possible flaw in logic: Fukuyama claims it is not obvious why you’d cooperate with a 4th cousin instead of a familiar nonrelative. He claims this was caused by religious belief, the worship of dead ancestors, but why can you call this behavior found in every tribe around the world not biological and just a religious belief? Seems like a cop out to just label something as religious if it happens every time
— May 06, 2026 05:11PM
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China is forced into statehood through war. Any pocket of China that doesn’t transition from tribe to state is conquered by a state until all of China is unified. This power is noticed by the aristocracy, so when they try to take power they try to infiltrate the existing state’s roles. When they try enforce patrimony (nepotism), the state weakens. India’s religion sits atop the state and so can never do this.
— Jun 07, 2026 06:38PM
