Mammalian threat displays, resolving fights without violence by finding a consensus of who *would* win. People still use those intuitions.
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Voting is presented as something very different to the conscious mind, but if you see it as ritualized combat a lot of behavior makes sense.
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@St_Rev thank ghod for ritualized behaviour fulfilling the combat itch so well -
@aperfectbalance Yeah, it's certainly solving an important problem. -
@St_Rev a fuckton of potentially v. nasty tribalisms defused with putting a stamp on paper once every few years more or less -
@aperfectbalance Unfortunately, like Tinkerbell, you have to believe or it dies. -
@St_Rev if there's one thing Planescape made me comfortable with is situations like these. Shit could be far worse.
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@St_Rev Critically, no per-unit advantage. The tick has as much weight as the deer.#rK#YayDemocracy -
@LibertyFarmNH Yeah. Also scorn of partisans for non-voters, willingness to use voting for goals one would never accept real risk over... -
@LibertyFarmNH A chickenhawk in every pot.
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