"In order to be credible, the signal has to be costly: ...the dictator is not merely ok, but a superhuman being" http://abandonedfootnotes.blogspot.co.nz/2011/03/simple-model-of-cults-of-personality.html …
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@sarahdoingthing @madison_ponders Reminds me of Scott Alexander's insight in "The Toxoplasma of Rage"
@sarahdoingthing @madison_ponders i.e. the crazy beliefs are necessary (as performances) to being seen as central to the cult
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@sarahdoingthing @madison_ponders Not sure if related, but I've started to see many rituals as slightly-veiled "kiss the ring" ceremonies - 2 more replies
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