In the world of sociology (and facets of psychology), the term “Social Exchange Theory” encompasses a collection of theories oriented around the idea that our relationships are predicated on exchanges.
there is also "trade" with the self that is the world (for the gamethorists among us think of this nebulous word as a favour bank /insurance thang) this is often hard to account for, which is why narcissists often get a free ride (we have difficulty dealing with the world, when we study individuals (in a social matrix granted) as selves alone, and not as part of a selfing-worlding complex that counts nothing but provides everything). [Narcissist don't world, or don't self, or , don't world/self that the rest of us with empathy do, and hwos eoutput the narcissists free ride on. For narcissists self=world or world=self so there is nothing to negotiate or jitterbug with, therefore, for narcissists, the reality principle never worked for them to differentiate the self from world, or vice-versa, it is all the same 'thing' for them. Either because their empathy is broken/missing, or they lack empathy as a result of not being able to distinguish between the self and the world. All vectors are possible. The result in any case is aparasite we should police better, at the very least because they have no self-interest, they are centred in a self as world; that why they are entitled to everything and that includes your 'loyalty'. You loser.
Social exchange theory will be useful where narcissists and other worlding/selfing pathologies have been excluded and/or policed. Until then, likely narcissists and psychopaths like Trump, Putin, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss will rise to the top.
there is also "trade" with the self that is the world (for the gamethorists among us think of this nebulous word as a favour bank /insurance thang) this is often hard to account for, which is why narcissists often get a free ride (we have difficulty dealing with the world, when we study individuals (in a social matrix granted) as selves alone, and not as part of a selfing-worlding complex that counts nothing but provides everything). [Narcissist don't world, or don't self, or , don't world/self that the rest of us with empathy do, and hwos eoutput the narcissists free ride on. For narcissists self=world or world=self so there is nothing to negotiate or jitterbug with, therefore, for narcissists, the reality principle never worked for them to differentiate the self from world, or vice-versa, it is all the same 'thing' for them. Either because their empathy is broken/missing, or they lack empathy as a result of not being able to distinguish between the self and the world. All vectors are possible. The result in any case is aparasite we should police better, at the very least because they have no self-interest, they are centred in a self as world; that why they are entitled to everything and that includes your 'loyalty'. You loser.
Social exchange theory will be useful where narcissists and other worlding/selfing pathologies have been excluded and/or policed. Until then, likely narcissists and psychopaths like Trump, Putin, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss will rise to the top.