Idea: deplorability index for subcultures. Your tribe's score = 100*(max number of people considered subhuman by some member)/7 billion
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historically it hasn't been a static figure e.g. french revolution, communism
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don't get the point. Is it absolute power corrupts absolutely so super dictator thinks practically everybody is subhuman?
I agree the tendency to view parts of humanity as subhuman is a feature of post 1700 modernity if that's what you mean
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more like, observationally, when groups get into power all of a sudden their outgroup gets really big and vague (kulaks etc.)
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I specifically said subhuman rather than outgroup. Pre-modern tribes hated the outgroup, but didn't consider them subhuman.
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