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Lord of the Flies (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by Maven to c/comicstrips

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[–] agent_flounder 82 points 8 months ago (2 children)

True. It is plausible. At the same time I have to think that if the human race hasn't evolved to factor cooperation in tribes in most cases, we wouldn't be here discussing this.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Cooperation is beneficial to each individual's survival when most in the population are cooperative. Pragmatic self-interest is beneficial to each individual's survival when most in the population are selfish and pragmatic. I think most people tend to be cooperative, but there are plenty who will opportunistically fuck over cooperative people. The results would probably depend on the tendencies of the majority of the individuals in that situation.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

It depends entirely on how much established power the individual fucking over the others has.

If it's as ephemeral as holding a seashell, they'll probably get their shit beat in. But if it's far more established and hierarchical, yeah they'll end up with more power over the others.

[–] SchmidtGenetics -1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I kinda want the next one to a prison barge, just get the normal situation and and the massive outlier as the first two, just to mess with it for the next dozen until the pattern forms.