The race to the bottom is on. The most violent wins. From el gato malo at boriquagato.substack.com:
failure of imagination and threat misdiagnosis
failure to acknowledge tribalism as a primary societal driver is a pure luxury belief that can be reasonably held only in extremely high-trust societies arranged around “golden rule” ethoses.
in most cultures, especially low trust cultures, tribe and family structure are always paramount.
the purpose of government is not to protect rights or individuals; it’s to codify which tribe gets to plunder and dominate the other tribes.
this will be done with ostentatious and unapologetic violence because dominant tribes want to be seen doing it and see it as nothing to apologize for. in such a worldview, it’s how you impose order.
these groups do not want to be like you and adopt your ways. they see them as weak and cowardly and as an invitation to take what they want.
meet is qalinle ibrahim dirie, a 42 year old somali immigrant who has been in the US for 18 years.
in july of 2024, he was charged with raping a 12 year old minneapolis girl who he abducted from her backyard.
this is obviously an outlandish tragedy and outrage, quite literally one of the worst things that can happen.
qalinle and his family do not seem to care.
and the very systems that underpin one-time high trust places like minnesota serve to encourage more and more intense low trust behavior.
I find their boredom boring.
(Cat meme spotted at EGM)
Tribe up when you are under invasion or get curb stomped.