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Heather_860 5y ago

We evolved as hunter-gatherers. We no longer get our food that way, but we still think like hunter-gatherers. One common punishment hunter-gatherers impose is ostracism. It requires no technology, no formal courts or judges. Groups of 50 to 150 low-tech people can manage it.

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Heather_860 5y ago

Ostracism requires that everyone agree. If only 80% of your people participate it won’t work. So there is enormous pressure on waverers to go along with the majority and truly cut all ties with the malefactor.

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