[adchari]

But they're a lot easier to group together than any other races. Like most other races, they have similar cultural values (parents/family is the most important thing, education is a close second), they have some shared experience (India was under British control for a period of time, China and Southeast Asia were both at least under European influence, if not control (See: Vietnam)).

So how would you group them? People from the Middle East at least share a common religion, even with many North Africans, and are arguably a significant subgroup of "Asians" overall, but the average Indian is a lot closer to the average East Asian individual in general. Buddhist ideas are stemmed from Indian religious ideas, and plenty of shared cultural beliefs exist.

[aspenmayer]

Why do we need to group them? It would be a very different society if group membership were opt-in similar to Circles in Google+. Reminds me of the society in Doctorow’s Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. Not that this would be a better society. But definitely would have different failure modes and novel solutions. You can get the whole book DRM free direct from the author below.

https://locusmag.com/2016/03/cory-doctorow-wealth-inequality...

https://craphound.com/category/down/