DanArmak comments on Solutions to Political Problems As Counterfactuals - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SforSingularity 26 September 2009 12:20:13AM 0 points [-]

I've observed far more clannishness among children than political perspicuity

but what about the relative amounts in children vs adults?

Comment author: DanArmak 26 September 2009 12:36:06AM 0 points [-]

Of course children are more clannish than adults. But the "clan" of a child is that of its parents, not of its friends and peers.

Adults can move to a new clan, band together to start a clan or sub-clan, replace or influence a clan's leadership. Children are pretty much powerless and are tied to their parents' clan. If anything ever really threatens that bond, I expect "clannishness" to completely override other priorities.