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A country without cultural unity struggles to provide public goods, because its politics turns into an ethnic spoils system.

Drawn from what Noah Smith said

Subjectpolitics
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politics How people actually hold political views: tribes, partisanship, and whether anybody reasons their way in.

Mental modelCollective action problems

What Noah Smith actually said

  1. Noah Smith Economics writer; author of the Noahpinion newsletter
    More pragmatically, nations without cultural unity have difficulty providing public goods; politics tends to break down into an ethnic spoils system instead of being run for the benefit of the masses.

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    ↗Yes, assimilation is goodnoahpinion.blog

    9 Apr 2026

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