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Michael Huemer - Anarchy, Capitalism, and Progress
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Preventive Attacks
In primitive tribes, men from one tribe would attack another tribe in order to murder the men and kidnap the women. This is extremely dangerous; there's a high chance that you die when you're doing this. But for the standpoint of expected reproductive success, your expected reproductive success goes up if you presently have fewer than two wives. If you have zero wives, you have nothing to lose. And by the way, it was probably common for men in primitive societies to have zero wives. That would explain why k no human and so human beings like, they're not thinking that when they go to war, what's happening, as they're driven by emotions. So long as that instinct exists,
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