Secret societies transgressing social norms is useful for building trust and cooperation between members of the society because they are now collectively implicated. Its like a prisoners dilemma. Everyone in the in-group sees everyone commit taboos, now everyone must be quiet or they’re all in trouble. Same reason kids get up to mischief together.
wigzell78 on
If Epstein was only trafficking girls to himself, then what’s the issue with releasing the files?
2 Comments
Secret societies transgressing social norms is useful for building trust and cooperation between members of the society because they are now collectively implicated. Its like a prisoners dilemma. Everyone in the in-group sees everyone commit taboos, now everyone must be quiet or they’re all in trouble. Same reason kids get up to mischief together.
If Epstein was only trafficking girls to himself, then what’s the issue with releasing the files?