[quote=@catchamber]
[@Normie] More like outside of historical parameters, rather than outside of reality. You were initially talking about abstract scenarios that didn't account for all the ways that societies can develop, so I responded in turn. A social contract can be agreed to by the potential subjects of autocrats, so their rights to exist can be protected against violations performed by other autocrats.[/quote]

Yeah that's why monarchs came up with the idea of the divine right of kings, because they already had a clear social contract that everyone in the kingdom was allowed to look at and given a chance to opt out of before they took the throne. I don't remember being given that opportunity before being born into the modern US, much less some medieval fiefdom.

Historical parameters and reality are synonymous until we discover a way to travel between dimensions Infinite Crisis style. Don't get me wrong, if we crossed over to Earth-2 to discover that somehow anarchy was the preeminent political philosophy and everyone found the idea of a government absurd, that would be really cool.

[quote]If a lone survivalist is discovered by a tribe of dozens or more, they're bad at hiding. They could be better off abstaining from joining a group if they can live without others' assistance, especially if the group's dynamics and members would produce suboptimal results compared to them living on their own.
[/quote]

I mean, if you actually prefer to live alone with no human contact, you do you I guess. Again, there are probably a few outliers weird enough to do such a thing, but they are very, very few, and they'd be removed from the gene pool anyways if they don't have a family. 99.99% of the species lives as part of a larger body and always have.