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wasoxygen · 3421 days ago · link · · parent · post: Spreadsheets of power: How economic modelling is used to circumvent democracy and shut down debate
If the Vikings saw that the possibility of revenge led to a risk of unending cycles of violence, and therefore implemented peaceful workarounds to avoid revenge, isn't that a good example of the possibility of revenge limiting violence? If there were little risk of revenge following a violent attack, that would plausibly make violence more likely. Trying to model this behavior would indeed be difficult and complicated and, perhaps, not as reliable as that presenter suggested. By the way, I look forward to another episode of Fooling Garwulf!