Mikko Saarinen

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Authoritarianism is bad for social capital because it offers trust and reciprocity only under the conditions of obedience and conformity. Those conditions are clearly unacceptable to those who value diversity, so ties don’t form between pluralists and authoritarians. As authoritarianism moves from latent to active in more people, existing ties break and social capital erodes.
More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources—and What Happens Next
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