I agree these mechanisms can coexist. But to test and improve our models and ultimately make better decisions, we need specific hypotheses about how they interact.
The OP was limited in scope because it’s trying to explain why more detailed analyses like the ones I offer in The Debtors’ Revolt or Calvinism as a Theory of Recovered High-Trust Agency are decision-relevant. Overall my impression is that while the situation is complex, it’s frequently explicable as an interaction between a relatively small and enumerable number of “types of guy” (e.g. debtor vs creditor, depraved vs self-interested).
I agree these mechanisms can coexist. But to test and improve our models and ultimately make better decisions, we need specific hypotheses about how they interact.
The OP was limited in scope because it’s trying to explain why more detailed analyses like the ones I offer in The Debtors’ Revolt or Calvinism as a Theory of Recovered High-Trust Agency are decision-relevant. Overall my impression is that while the situation is complex, it’s frequently explicable as an interaction between a relatively small and enumerable number of “types of guy” (e.g. debtor vs creditor, depraved vs self-interested).