A core state can leverage kin ties to convert exclusion into partnership

Evidence

A person’s safety no longer lies in the strength of his kin group, but rather in having a friend at the nearest district office, who in turn has a friend at the provincial capital, who has a friend at the national capital. So, a sort of dyadic unsymmetrical system of patronage relations takes over in the political sphere. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2044 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Modern statehood displaced kin-based security with chains of dyadic patronage — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2044; Coopting a rival faction leader into leadership prevented a cross-faction alliance; Cooperation can be sustained by partner exclusion rather than by punitive coercion. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 173 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Modern statehood displaced kin-based security with chains of dyadic patronage #complicates (0.75) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2044