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yeah, I think we might have to agree to disagree around our analysis of power? and your dichotomy around ostracism vs something-you-think-isn't-bad. also we apparently went to different schools, mine was more thunderdome? the emotional harm was the least of my problems haha

there's a bit more to it than spectacle, not just that it's "impressive". violence and coercion in the most literal sense is how economic deprivation has any effect. Like, without cops and guns, it wouldn't matter if this person you mention makes a phone call because you wouldn't need to work a job and could just take what you want or need.

Anyway, perhaps we're just using different yardsticks for the human condition? Mine seems to take a lot more cruelty and conflict as a given, compared to yours. Oh well.