Fair point—AE thrives on voluntary cooperation, which assumes folks aren't total barbarians. But every econ school (Keynesian, Marxist) presupposes some human decency too. Scale issues hit all; localization's smart, but "civilized" is subjective. Who decides?

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But they aren't. So AE keeps adherents from having any chance to defend if the barbarian swarm has more resources?