Anyone who has ever lived in a neighborhood, knows there are “good” and “bad” neighbors. Within reason, your neighbors can live how they want, even if you don’t like everything they do. This is similar, I think, to nation states.
So what’s the best approach to dealing with “bad” neighbors? Do you make war against them, treat them poorly, just cut off all communication? Or, do treat them as equals, entitled to live how they want so long as they let you live how you like? Do you maintain communication and take care of your yard (as a good example to others), or do flip them the bird and engage in tit for tat hostilities?
I think reasonable people would prefer to maintain respectful communications as much as possible.
Yes, but then you have far more reasoning than those with less than
25% reasoning power.