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by JumpCrisscross 314 days ago
> a country is more constrained by space than a spaceship?

At the point that we're building 60 km spaceships, yes, I think that's a possibility.

> you're reaching into antiquity then not even normal democracies

The further back we go the more consensus-driven small societies get. I'm also reaching back due to familiarity. There are plenty of small island communities that did fine for generations on their own.

> They all assume all decisions will be unanimous and no one will ever break the law

Sorry, I missed this in the winning design. Where does it say that?

> all exploration and conquest is driven by strict hierarchical organisations

If you need to bring an army, yes. I don't think we know how hierarchical Polynesian settlers were.

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> Sorry, I missed this in the winning design. Where does it say that?

I didn't notice any prisons included in the design, so that assumption seems fair.

> didn't notice any prisons included in the design, so that assumption seems fair

Does it?

You don’t need dedicated prison space as you won’t have a permanent prison population. (Depending on labour requirements and resource availability this may not be a choice.) Nothing about not having a prison implies no hierarchy. And you don’t need prisons to “condemn people to death.”