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?
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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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I don't know if the tendency to dehumanize was ever not there, but the tech to scale it certainly disrupted the industry around then
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anyhow, sociopath dictators are not in tribes practically by definition so the power thing is only a wrinkle on the index

