Lumifer comments on Open thread, Nov. 16 - Nov. 22, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 18 November 2015 03:39:54PM 3 points [-]

When the best weapon is pointed stick, and every man is has skill to use it, minority simply can't rule by force.

That's obviously wrong, as there is a large set of social animals which don't even have pointy sticks, and yet alpha males manage to rule the tribe with an iron hand (or paw, or beak, etc.).