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DeVliegendeHollander comments on A Proposal for Defeating Moloch in the Prison Industrial Complex - Less Wrong Discussion

23 Post author: lululu 02 June 2015 10:03PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 05 June 2015 11:29:17PM 0 points [-]

Take away the need for self-defense in prison, and people will stop joining them.

Yes, because human nature is not wired for tribalism...

Sarcasm aside, in a bleak and boring environment gangs provide readily available emotional nutritition. Belonging, symbols, inititation, the usual package. Freemasonry for the less intelligent, kind of.