I expect there is also a nonlinear network effect going on here, where one person defecting isn’t much of a problem but if 20% of the population isn’t nice enough then it just erodes down to a worse equilibrium. Something like the social fabric is delivering a lot of value and it’s hard to attribute that to any one individual, and if it breaks or changes in ways that lead to everyone’s lives being worse it’s hard to also account for who should be responsible for those loses and in what amounts.
I expect there is also a nonlinear network effect going on here, where one person defecting isn’t much of a problem but if 20% of the population isn’t nice enough then it just erodes down to a worse equilibrium. Something like the social fabric is delivering a lot of value and it’s hard to attribute that to any one individual, and if it breaks or changes in ways that lead to everyone’s lives being worse it’s hard to also account for who should be responsible for those loses and in what amounts.