That’s an interesting take on it, I didn’t know it originally came from game theory.
What are some examples of laws and programs instituted on the basis of this concept?
Wow, when I first read that question, my mind immediately went into overload thinking of all of the programs associated with that game since circa 1945.
The first to come to mind was the change in the law that forbade a wife from testifying against her husband. This law was originally provide to sanctify marriage. But then got changed to not only allow her to testify against him, but in some cases made her liable if she didn’t.
The huge drive to breakup families witnessed during the 1970’s had very many laws and psychological programs behind it. On the main schedule page on TV Guide (the page everyone leaves open on the coffee table) at the bottom in bold print, for 10 years, every week would be found the word
“DIVORCE” with an attorneys name and very low incentive price following.
In most cases it costs almost nothing to sue someone and tens of thousands for them to defend themselves. This supports (financially) the legal system as well as other associated programs.
Currently and since, the number of laws is provided just to allow for almost everything to be illegal. Whoever uses a law first (necessarily against someone else) is rewarded in almost every case unless under an older judge or older formed city.
People living individually, and especially filing law suits and divorces against each other is seriously big business. It also keeps people weak as individuals and dependent on the government (government getting ever bigger until it owns all things).
I don’t see how inspiring young girls to be attracted to sneaky and self interested guys would help nations to be wealthy though.
Wealth of the nation is very different from wealth of the individuals. By having everyone in conflict with everyone else, many things occur to the benefit of the governance even though against the people.
With each transaction, the government (through taxes) gains a profit. But also by everyone having to re-buy houses, cars, furniture and so on, it supports the manufacturing of these things. As things are being replaced, the opportunity to upgrade them into a new version more easily controlled by the state (PCs for example, cars, and raw materials).
The government gains wealth by the people strongly desiring. It profits the economy for people to hate each other, destroy property, compete for better lawyers, better medicines to fight off the new diseases and so on.
Passive people make for a poor economy. Insecure, terrorized, unsatisfied, hateful people make things move - economy.
All of that means that people being self interested and in conflict makes for a $100 trillion economy instead of a $10 billion economy.
One of the very many ways to get people to be self-interested is to train them to be by instinctive rewards for being devious and clever, ergo the incentive for young women to basically sell themselves as reward for the more sneaky and clever boy.
Movies and general media, along with preachers in many churches and mothers all provided the young girl with her delight in seeing the boy cleverly out fox someone else. “Survival of the
fittest” was the call even though “Survival of the
fitted” is the reality.
It is a very Jewish/Secular method of governing the lower class and keeping them in their Gehenna (trash ben).
It is all a HUGE intertwined story of how to cause socialism and wealth. It is the very same proposal that Jesus was given up on that mountain. Jesus chose differently than the US Senate.
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Damsels in distress?