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Lord of the Flies (lemmy.world)
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I think this is a great point. However, and I don't think this takes away from what you are saying, the kids (in your US-centric example) would have a better chance of getting along than if they were kept together in society. For one, shared hardship has been shown to be a very effective means to breaking down tribalism. For two, being left in society would mean they'd have external forces bearing down on them to keep them in tribal lines. It's precisely "civilization" that creates and inculcates these prejudices. But people take the opposite lesson home: that apart from "civilization", humans become brutal and violent.

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