Re:Study finds putting people in prison increases re-offence...
by vilmosi on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @05:57PM
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>>> That's a cute idea, but it doesn't take more than a few minutes of reading the news, or a few hours of first hand observation, to find plenty of examples where people very much do not treat everyone outside their ≤ 200 person tribe “the same, regardless of ethnicity
Um... Yeah, exactly. What's your point? It was a point of gossip to marry someone from the next village. So yeah, strangers were bad.
>>> The grandparent post refers to culture and ethnicity (the latter being an identity of shared culture) not genetics.
So... Like what is the relationship between a homogenous culture and crime rate again?!
You actually think people wouldn't kill themselves because they are from the same culture?
That's a cute idea, but it doesn't take more than a few minutes of reading the news, or a few hours of first hand observation, to find plenty of examples where people very much do not treat everyone outside their ≤ 200 person tribe “the same, regardless of ethnicity”.
> You can't seriously suggest millions of people think the same because of their genetic markup.
The grandparent post refers to culture and ethnicity (the latter being an identity of shared culture) not genetics. Culture is essentially shared ritual, values, and historical narrative, and, yes, shared culture is significantly about thinking the same way.