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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I was gonna say wasn't Lord of the Flies literally a critique of society?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, but a satirical one, not one to be taken literally.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I suppose it's also worth mentioning that time some kids actually got stranded on an island and ended up developing a functional community.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

yeah, as it turns out humans are actually inherently mutualistic and when faced with adversity will reliably organize quite well.

because, like, that's a pretty handy feature to evolve as a social species.