In a good absurdist comedy all the characters are typically awful people. Examples: Alice in Wonderland, Hitchhikers Guide. There are no admirable people. But it’s funny because they’re all usually powerless as well in the face of the arbitrariness of the universe.
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You've written about the rationality of vendettas in an honor society (under the right conditions)--isn't that a recognition that honor societies are concerned with concrete human interactions? Not individual significance on a cosmic level? That's how I understood it.
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It’s both! Huizenga’s Homo Ludens is classic on cosmic aspect. In my bloodcoin talk on YouTube I cover the transactional aspect.
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