CThe Hundredth PartCivilizational reading
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Put the differences
under pressure.

Comparison is most useful when similar conditions produce different outcomes—or different conditions converge on the same result.

Case ALaw and belief

Alma 1

Law contains harmful conduct while wealth can remain generous and nonhierarchical.

LawProsperity
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Case BInequality

Alma 4

Status contempt destroys credibility and prompts institutional specialization.

WealthChurch
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