I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too.
From Mary Douglas
Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.
If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization.
Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker.
If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny.
The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside, and sinners outside the wall.
Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off.
An escalating, violent tit-for-tat may lead to terrorism.
Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.
Religion can make it worse. Are you supposing that if people were encouraged to believe in a transcendent reality, and to be encouraged by grand rituals and music and preaching, to love their neighbors, then they would put jealousy and frustration aside?
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