...then the problem of nations remains. You limit your discussion to industrialized nations. This point is not relevant unless other nations are different. Moreover, some other nations are not clearing the first two stages, and individually or collectively, they are not particularly inclined to irrationality. Therefore, the proposition that we aren’t rational because we don’t really need to be is absurd, because the place that do need to be still aren’t, so that can’t be the cause.
I did not say that rationality rather than irrationality helps individuals climb from level 0 to level 2.
...then the problem of nations remains. You limit your discussion to industrialized nations. This point is not relevant unless other nations are different. Moreover, some other nations are not clearing the first two stages, and individually or collectively, they are not particularly inclined to irrationality. Therefore, the proposition that we aren’t rational because we don’t really need to be is absurd, because the place that do need to be still aren’t, so that can’t be the cause.