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ChristianKl comments on Neo-reactionaries, why are you neo-reactionary? - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: Capla 17 November 2014 10:31PM

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Comment author: bramflakes 20 November 2014 07:32:03PM 8 points [-]

Well there are lots of longrunning feuds and conflicts in hunter gatherer societies, where both tribes are about evenly matched for each other.

Comment author: ChristianKl 20 November 2014 10:11:11PM 2 points [-]

An attack at night can allow an evenly matched tribe to kill the other one. That puts some pressure on a tribe that fears getting ambushed to ambush first.