Social justice games, colonial games
Collective action for mutually assured destruction
July 8, 2022 — June 23, 2022
communicating
cooperation
culture
economics
evolution
game theory
mind
wonk
Assumed audience:
Insurgents and conquerors alike
Placeholder, for particular types of coalition games.
I’ve heard enough people fulminating about the other side recently that I want to dissect the fulminating dynamics for my own satisfaction.
Colonial power game: Divide and conquer.
Social justice game: Unify and conquer.
I would ideally present these strategies without judgment or moralizing, but simply to regard the dynamics we can expect with each and to introduce terminology so we can understand the pathologies that arise with each.
Elite capture (kinda).
1 Incoming
With special application to social justice and colonial games.
2 References
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