Comment by pseudalopex

5 years ago

Your analogy was small towns vs. big cities. Now it's society vs. government? Are we even still talking about social cooling?

Both small towns and big cities have governments. Social norms can include being heterosexual or following a specific religion. Not conforming to those expectations can have physical consequences too.

Right, and what I'm saying is that there can be an upside to increased social pressure to conform to social norms (also known as being polite) which is suggested by social cooling. I'm also saying that it's not equivalent to government-imposed social credit.