Within a given country, people who have been victims of the same kind of crime (here, a burglary) tend to be more vengeful, but not if they have been victims of a different crime, like mugging.
Of course the basic idea comes from Adam Smith. Here is the full story, which features commentary by GMU economists. Here is my previous post on the topic.
Or to rephrase Tom Wolfe, a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged twice.
makes sense. i wonder if countries who’ve
been invaded once are more likely to resist
intensely the second time.
Actually,
France rolled over for the Germans the second time it invaded. Germany was completely taken aback by how easily the French surrendered.
“Actually, France rolled over for the Germans the second time it invaded. Germany was completely taken aback by how easily the French surrendered.”
So totally not my fault.
Andrew,
Random unnecessary aside of the day: when Adam Smith first defined hatred, he made a distinction between being willing to suffer a cost to inflict harm, and simply being happy when harm is inflicted on another. He designated hatred as the latter and called “resentment” the thing Glaeser calls “hatred”.
and the british running in Durkerke?
and btw It was Dumas, in The Count of Montecristo who said : Vengeance is a dish that is better served cold.that were Klingon , very original,saying comes
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