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Comment author: [deleted] 04 July 2012 08:06:05AM *  1 point [-]

Sorry, didn't see you commented until just now.

Why would they value suppression of former values?

Because a new niche -- even one based around subcultural ephemera -- means first dibs on resources for its members (especially the high status ones). This iteration increases as groups move away from subsistence level. If being contrary has no life-threatening consequences, what is to stop contrarians from acting like superstimuli pumps that spoof compression progress?

Comment author: sark 04 July 2012 12:58:06PM 0 points [-]

Ok got it, thanks.