Quote Originally Posted by Viking View Post
On a fundamental level, what is it that motivates H. sapiens, or other (social) animals, to act antisocially - i.e. to use violence or cheat - and cooperatively?

I'd imagine that the expectation of reciprocation is key here, and that individuals expect more reciprocation from individuals that are similar to themselves. The homogeneity of a society should correlate strongly with the expectation of reciprocation in the average social interaction. Thus, the amount of both cooperative and antisocial behaviour in a society should correlate strongly with its homogeneity.

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Homogeneity is not a panacea. The countries of the former Eastern Bloc have some catching up to do after the end of the Cold War, and that may take a while.
Catching up in what? Socialism should have provided them with a lot more homogeneity than capitalism does. You're making a big argument for socialism here and then you suddenly assume that formerly socialist countries had some kind of disadvantage in homogeneity, as if they had to catch up in inequality to become more homogeneus. Homogeneity can't just be applied to ethnicity after all.

The DDR for example tried to ban rap music because it was too subversive and threatened the homogeneity of socialist paradise. Would you agree with such measures given that rap is not part of European culture and ethnic identity?