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- Human history of violence and [inequality
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Japan used to be a society with a lot of disparity, but the disparity has decreased. The story goes that this is because Japan fought an all-out war that mobilized the entire population and the entire economy, and lost (though not exclusively).
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If you give this book to someone who thinks “equality is good and disparity is bad” or “peace is good and war is bad,” you’re likely to get cognitive dissonance and go crazy.
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