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Assimilation
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The Honor System
A jar of cash left unwatched on a counter is one of the most valuable things a society owns and one of the strangest. It runs on generalized trust, an achievement built slowly by institutions and held only while almost everyone keeps a …
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The Tip Jar Is a Miracle
An unwatched jar of cash on a counter is a small miracle of generalized trust, and trust is built, not bred. It is also a fragile commons that dies fast once cheating spreads. That, and not any slur about peoples, is what immigration …