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Ooops@feddit.org 4 days agoActual wolf packs are a family. One pair of adults plus their children. Until those are old enough, then they leave and search for a partner and own territory.
All the stuff you read about pack alphas, all the sociological pseudo-science about alpha behavior derived from it… that’s all based on a one bullshit study about a large group of wolves artificially intoduced to a new area.
Basically the equivalent of putting a few dozen teen-age boys on an isolated island then studying their behavior to understand human society.
Rudee@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
Are you implying that humans aren’t prone to worshipping idols, tribalism, and interpersonal violence?
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Funny enough, not in the cynical, depressing way William Goulding postulated and many of us were forced to read in English class. :D
newsweek.com/real-lord-flies-true-story-boys-isla…
It’s nice when humanity isn’t the tragically disgusting thing we’re often forcefully told it is. (Usually as some way to justify State-enforced law and order via violence.)
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I was gonna say wasn’t Lord of the Flies literally a critique of society?
flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Yeah, but a satirical one, not one to be taken literally.