Economic stasis breeds paranoid cognition and can turn positional conflict lethal

Evidence

The worthless chip which is often contested as passionately as is a gold piece suggests the formal nature of this impulse, which even in the quarrel over gold often greatly exceeds any material interest. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 299 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A scarcity mindset alters neural mechanisms underlying goal-directed decision making, captured via fMRI in the orbitofrontal cortex. — A scarcity mindset alters neural processing underlying consumer decision making; Fights over worthless chips reveal that fighting itself motivates conflict — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 299; Economic determinacy operates through overdetermination, not simple mechanical causation (+1 more)

Related

• Fights over worthless chips reveal that fighting itself motivates conflict (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Economic determinacy operates through overdetermination, not simple mechanical causation #qualifies (0.78)
• Fights over worthless chips reveal that fighting itself motivates conflict #qualifies (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 299
• Conflict destructive at one level can integrate the larger group #complicates (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 280