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[–] 6 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

Interesting thought experiment though: How many new people taking the place of the old ones would have to face lethal consequences before people stopped taking control of those systemic structures?

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  • [–] 5 points 10 hours ago

    Let us assume that it is a constant percentage. That is, that for each new person who takes up the mantle, there is a specific and defined chance that they will abuse their position. In that case, then we might imagine that, with a starting count of x and a chance of c, the next "generation" will have x×c number of people who abuse their position. Then, in the generation after that, x×c².

    We can notice that this is a simple sum of a geometric sequence, where the total sum is defined as S = a / (1-r), where a is the initial value and r is the rate of change.

    If we assume that a is 400 people and r is 50 percent (0.5), then you will need to displace 800 people in total

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