On: How friendship became a tool of the powerful

[tormeh]

Yes, all true, but they're not economically rational actions. God, economics sucks.

[ahomescu1 → tormeh]

That wasn't the point. The discussion was about self-interest, not rationality. People act out of self-interest all the time, even when appearing altruistic (it just happens that sometimes the interests of others align with your own interests).