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Homo Sapiens would not have exceeded the other Hominids if not for cooperation.
No man is an island, but for the right price you can purchase one ☝️
While I agree that cooperation is rad AF, I think it's willfully ignorant to ignore the historical context of cooperation in the face of competition against the other.
Trying to make a naturalistic argument without acknowledging that is only telling half of the story, and the other half is pretty wart-y.
It’s not about ignoring crazy people and prisons, aberrant behavior will always exist. It’s about instilling a culture of collectivism versus individualism, which incentivizes competition and exclusion.
It’s historical materialism.
As proof of your hypothesis, I am offering the PvP experience in Elder Scrolls Online. So-called “ball groups” dominate. Ball group members all agree to wear armor sets that boost the other members of the group and are complimentary with other armor sets worn by fellow members.
These group-focused armor sets mean that individual members are weaker alone than players wearing armor sets which enhance individual performance. But a ball group can take down groups several times their size if the other groups are composed of players with only individual enhancing armor sets.
Game Theory > Historical Materialism. Who knew?