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by watwut 41 days ago
> you also had direct or implied trust built up with them

This part is definitely not true. By all I read about the history, the abusive or hostile "I cant escape" situation was simple fact of life. They get less prevalent when you can leave easily, more prevalent when you are dependent.

> But those 40 people were likely more or less consistent

Not necessarily, people started to organize into larger groups basically whenever they could.