The really funny thing is that there was this kind of "ostracism" and then there was "literal ostracism", as in being beaten to death with chunks of pottery (this is how Hypatia died)https://twitter.com/EmilyGorcenski/status/1234375182489464832 …
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An election was originally known by everyone as a sort of virtual war, to save the cost in money and bloodshed of a real war All the factions that would be fighting in a civil war just count up how many guys they have and the probable losers surrender gracefully
Same with ostracism, it's just virtual stoning Instead of the unpleasantness that comes with actually stoning someone to death everyone just writes the name on their stone of who they would throw it at if they could and the person agrees to leave the city peacefully
Which is why it's so funny that the *formal process* for an ostracism mirrors the formation of a rioting lynch mob First we hold a vote to determine that yes, we're all angry enough to lynch somebody, *then* we decide whom we're actually going to lynch
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