my mother never told me love is just a blood sport

[intertribal]

"The Prisoner's Dilemma differs from the Stag Hunt in that there is no solution that is in the best interests of all the participants; there are offensive as well as defensive incentives to defect from the coalition with the others; and, if the game is to be played only once, the only rational response is to defect

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[royinpink]

augh, this IS man in a state of nature! society and nature are a false opposition! fuck incentives, that's not how people work! neither is coalition! fear is not the base impulse of human nature! and gah, combining political categories with both economic and individual psychological actions!

that...is my kneejerk reaction. i'd probably bitch about the prisoner's dilemma too if i remembered what that was.

but as for strong states being peaceful states, nietzsche said it first.

[intertribal]

Haha, yes, well. Don't be a political scientist, because the security dilemma is like the great unshakable tenet.

[royinpink]

I don't think it's just poli sci...

[royinpink]

(not wrt the security dilemma but just me having that kind of reaction to what academics say)