[ExI] libertarians nominate none of these

[Keith Henson]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 12:07 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
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> >... lowercase libertarians.
> It could be built into the culture, but the people who are attracted to the ideas are just not very cooperative. Keith
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> Ja.  Somewhere in EP should be a chapter on the small class of people who actively eschew power, who do not want to control other people's lives.

EP does not account for everything.  Most of the selection for
psychological traits such as for capture-bonding or war happened a
long time ago, long before the rise of nation-states.  The
psychological traits that lead to wealth are more recent.

> Such people should exist, even as anomalies.  EP is about differential reproduction in favor of those whose behaviors are all the things EP predicts, but we have a few complete asexuals.  I know one personally, a cousin.  Obviously she has no children, but has a lifelong opposite gender partner who is also asexual.  OK then.
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> Asexuality is an anomaly.  So... those who eschew power and wealth should not surprise us.

Asexuality is not going to become a common psychological trait.  Power
and wealth are different.  Power gives males more mating
opportunities, wealth means a person's children are less likely to
starve.

> I eschew power, but I am way totally cool with wealth.  If one argues that wealth is a form of power, I would counterargue that on the contrary, everyone has a choice if they want to trade with me.  I do not command anyone.  I buy their services.  We both win.
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> Keith we live in California, which is a free state: we can vote however we feel and never worry for a minute it can have any influence on the outcome.  So... I vote my conscience.  I am a green libertarian, who generally votes with the Libertarian party.

This is so far from the environment of evolutionary adaptiveness that
I don't think EP will help to understand it at all.

Keith

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