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Up to a degree. You would need a group of alpha males to guarantee genetic diversity for future generations, or your little society will start having issues wi
by jokethrowaway 2y ago
Up to a degree.
You would need a group of alpha males to guarantee genetic diversity for future generations, or your little society will start having issues with inbreeding and maybe get killed by a rival tribe.
It's hard to say whether that would yield better results over monogamy after several generations. I wonder if this is an experiment evolution already tried over million of years or if it's a novel approach. Prehistoric men being of similar strength and not having tools would make it hard for an elite to get all women without rebellion. Nowadays, with a population which is mostly unarmed, it would be easier.
- beaglesss 2y agoThe thing that arguably makes it easiest now is welfare. A woman can have children with as many different men as she likes (or your hypothetical alpha with no allegiance to her) and then use an army of state enforcers to secure a 20% income stream from each one after the relationship dissolves. If the enforcers can't get him to pay, no matter, IRS men with machine guns are sent to collect from everyone. There's very little incentive compared to say 100 years ago to stay with your partner as a female, with divorce being initiated far more by women who can use this strategy.
- pepy 2y agoSecure genetic material from only the top %, but pay for the uprising by taxing the entire population.