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> There were lots of cases where they turned on each other, and lots of cases where they did not. The fact that it's a coin flip is the key aspect of the messa
by Andrex 5y ago
> There were lots of cases where they turned on each other, and lots of cases where they did not.
The fact that it's a coin flip is the key aspect of the message Golding wanted to impart. It's chilling, and unsurprising, that reality bears it out.
- bryanrasmussen 5y agoThe coin flip in the book is that they had two potential leaders, one of the responsible and the other one pretty sociopathic but charismatic - the nascent society followed the sociopathic, charismatic one. At any rate there were quite a few more kids than 6 in the book, so pointing at this incident and saying 'see, it would work out' is just silly.
- grecy 5y ago... sounds a lot like many democracies choosing a sociopathic but charismatic leader.